I set the repository up manually because the system does not have dnf installed, and the isc instructions provided an alternative method to download the repository file. The "download" actually resulted in a text display of the copr repo file contents, which I added in whole and in part to the locally created repo file for testing. All variations resulted in the same error.
Thank you so much for your input, I will hopefully test it sometime today. V/R Jim DeCaro -----Original Message----- From: Michał Kępień <mic...@isc.org> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2022 4:55 PM To: DeCaro, James John (Jim) CIV DISA FE (USA) <james.j.decaro3....@mail.mil> Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org; Mcallister, Reginald CTR DISA FE (USA) <reginald.mcallister2....@mail.mil> Subject: [URL Verdict: Neutral][Non-DoD Source] Re: Attempting to configure an ISC BIND repository on Red Hat Linux 7.9 All active links contained in this email were disabled. Please verify the identity of the sender, and confirm the authenticity of all links contained within the message prior to copying and pasting the address to a Web browser. ---- > Dnf is not available. Therefore using yum > > Linux Red Hat 7.9 virtual machine on VMware, has internet connectivity > > Set up local repository in > /etc/yum.repos.d/download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org_results_isc_bind_epel-8-_.repo: Is something (e.g. policy) forcing you to set this repository up manually? IMHO it would have been simpler with the "copr" yum plugin. CentOS 7 allows installing it via "yum install yum-plugin-copr", though RHEL 7 seems to not have heard of a "yum-plugin-copr" package, so you have to prod it a bit (similarly for EPEL, which you are going to need for libnghttp2 if you plan to use the stable "bind" repository, which currently contains BIND 9.18): # yum install Caution-http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/yum-plugin-copr-1.1.31-54.el7_8.noarch.rpm # yum install Caution-https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm # yum copr enable isc/bind # yum install isc-bind (I just tested these commands on a fresh RHEL 7 Docker image.) > now receiving error: > "Caution-https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/isc/bind/epel-8-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 503 - Service Unavailable" for each of the sites in > isc: Caution-https:// > download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/isc/bind/epel-8-x86_64/ (i.e. > repeats 10 x) > > curl -k > Caution-https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/isc/bind/epel-8-x86_64/ > shows web page content so the connection is good And does: curl -v -k Caution-https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/isc/bind/epel-7-x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml output an XML file? What IP is it trying to connect to? Are you able to verify that yum tries to reach the same IP when you try to install packages? > internet search indicates a possible issue with the target site (which I > doubt) It is certainly within the realm of possibility. Copr is backed by a CDN, so I can imagine a situation in which the specific host you are connecting to from your vantage point is dysfunctional in some way while others are working just fine. -- Best regards, Michał Kępień -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users