While install rpms via yum running into the below error in AWS EC2 instances.
sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/x86_64/metalink | 16 kB 00:00:00
* base: d36uatko69830t.cloudfront.net
* epel: dl.fedoraproject.org
* extras: d36uatko69830t.cloudfront.net
* updates: d36uatko69830t.cloudfront.net
base | 3.6 kB 00:00:00
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://mirror.es.its.nyu.edu/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net/pub/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://mirror.umd.edu/fedora/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/gnu%2Blinux/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://ewr.edge.kernel.org/fedora-buffet/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://iad.mirror.rackspace.com/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://epel.mirror.constant.com/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://fedora-epel.mirrors.tds.net/fedora-epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://download-cc-rdu01.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://mirror.siena.edu/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://fedora.mirrors.pair.com/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://mirrors.mit.edu/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://mirror.metrocast.net/fedora/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://mirror.atl.genesisadaptive.com/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://reflector.westga.edu/repos/Fedora-EPEL/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for
epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://mirror.csis.ysu.edu/fedora/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://mirror.nodesdirect.com/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://mirror.pit.teraswitch.com/fedora/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml
does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
https://mirror.us-midwest-1.nexcess.net/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel | 5.4 kB 00:00:00
http://mirror.grid.uchicago.edu/pub/linux/epel/7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] repomd.xml does not match metalink for epel
Trying other mirror.
epel
Unable to install packages rpms and it tries multiple mirrors and fails eventually. This issue is happening from yesterday, it was working fine earlier, not sure what changed in repomd.xml file. Is anyone else facing the same issue?
Looks like there's an issue in the CentOS package repository.
As a workaround, you can download the epel-release package manually and install it using the following commands;
wget https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm