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When attempting to run yum update inside the stock CentOS 7 Docker container it fails with One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown):

$ docker run --rm -it  centos:centos7.8.2003
# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, ovl
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.freethought-internet.co.uk
 * extras: mirror.freethought-internet.co.uk
 * updates: mirrors.gethosted.online


 One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown),
<snip>
Insufficient space in download directory /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/base

This has started about 2 weeks ago and has happened consistently ever since on a Mac running Docker Desktop in the UK (Docker version 19.03.13, build 4484c46d9d). Trying the same on a server in Israel running Debian and Docker version 1.13.1, build 092cba3 is successful, using different mirror hostnames. Also builds on Docker Hub, which use this base image and depend on this command running successfully, work fine.

I tried to follow the suggestion to run yum --disablerepo to disable individual repos and it made no difference. How can I get a better insight into what's going wrong, for instance, force Yum to try different mirrors?

Isac Casapu
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your issue is about yum cache . Yum download package into cache directory. Space is not enough in that directory to download header and metadata packages You must solve space issue ,clear cache and update package info again Also you can change cache directory to another ( you have free space)

check cach directory in :

cat /etc/yum.conf

cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basea

After solve your space issue run :

yum clean all
yum update
MohammadReza moeini
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  • Yes, this was a space platform. While my Docker environment was indicating it still had some space, in reality, it didn't have enough. – Isac Casapu Oct 01 '20 at 20:03