Yum command fails with curl error that ends in "[SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'proxy_IP/hostname']"
Issue
- Yum command fails with below error:-
# yum update
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) 0.0 B/s | 0 B 00:01
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms':
- Curl error (51): SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os/repodata/repomd.xml [SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'xx.xxx.xxx.xx']
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried.
# yum update
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs) 0.0 B/s | 0 B 00:01
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms':
- Curl error (60): SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/os/repodata/repomd.xml [SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx']
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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