A curl error(77) when executing "yum makecache" or "yum install [rpm]".

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Issue

  • When running yum makecache or yum install [rpm], a curl error(77) occurs.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:

# yum makecache
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Repo rhel-7-server-extras-rpms forced skip_if_unavailable=True due to: %(ca_cert_dir)sredhat-uep.pem
Repo rhel-7-server-rpms forced skip_if_unavailable=True due to: %(ca_cert_dir)sredhat-uep.pem
https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/extras/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#77 - "Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)"
Trying other mirror.
https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#77 - "Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)"
Trying other mirror.
Metadata Cache Created

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8:

# yum makecache 
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - BaseOS (RPMs)                                          0.0  B/s |   0  B     00:00    
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms':
  - Curl error (77): Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os/repodata/repomd.xml [error setting certificate verify locations:
  CAfile: %(ca_cert_dir)sredhat-uep.pem
  CApath: none]
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms': Cannot download repomd.xml: Curl error (77): Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os/repodata/repomd.xml [error setting certificate verify locations:
  CAfile: %(ca_cert_dir)sredhat-uep.pem
  CApath: none]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9:

# yum makecache
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 for x86_64 - BaseOS (Debug RPMs)                                    0.0  B/s |   0  B     00:00    
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-debug-rpms':
  - Curl error (77): Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/debug/repodata/repomd.xml [error setting certificate file: %(ca_cert_dir)sredhat-uep.pem]
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-debug-rpms': Cannot download repomd.xml: Curl error (77): Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/debug/repodata/repomd.xml [error setting certificate file: %(ca_cert_dir)sredhat-uep.pem]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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