How to fix CentOS 6 error: YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http[s] or file

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In this article I will show how to fix CentOS 6 error: YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http[s]

Problem

When trying update CentOS 6 with yum update command getting error:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Update Process
Determining fastest mirrors
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http[s] or file.
Eg. Invalid release/repo/arch combination/
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/6/base/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base

Cause

CentOS 6 reached end of life on the 30th November 2020. YUM attempting connect to deprecated repositories. So, we need update deprecated repositories URL’s and point to the vault.

Resolution

To fix this problem you edit /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo and replace all mirrorlist

1. Go to /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory:

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

2. Make copy of original file:

# cp CentOS-Base.repo CentOS-Base.repo.old

3. Open and edit file with any text editor:

# vi CentOS-Base.repo

4. Replace mirrorlist‘s

Replace sections:

[base]
[updates]
[extras]

With following:

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
# mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os&infra=$infra
# baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
baseurl=https://vault.centos.org/6.10/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

# released updates
[updates]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
# mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates&infra=$infra
# baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
baseurl=https://vault.centos.org/6.10/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

# additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
# mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras&infra=$infra
# baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
baseurl=https://vault.centos.org/6.10/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6

5. Clean yum cache

# yum clean all

6. Run again yum update command:

# yum update

Now you can successfully update your CentOS 6.

   

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55 Comments

  14. Other then you didn’t scold me for still using CentOS 6.
    It worked great!!!!!

    Thank you.

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  19. Thanks. But one moment. If you still getting errors -> check other files in folder /etc/yum.repos.d/ and fix them same way.

  26. Soy nuevo en estos sistemas, pero queria preguntarte, que presionas justo despues de terminar de introducir {base},{updates},{extras}, para seguir con el clear

  27. In my case, I needed to update two other files as well (check all files where it marks enables=1):

    # cp CentOS-SCLo-scl.repo CentOS-SCLo-scl.repo.old

    [centos-sclo-sclo]
    name=CentOS-6 – SCLo sclo
    # baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/sclo/$basearch/sclo/
    baseurl=https://vault.centos.org/centos/6.10/sclo/$basearch/sclo/
    mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org?arch=$basearch&release=6&repo=sclo-sclo
    gpgcheck=1
    enabled=1
    gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-SCLo

    # cp CentOS-SCLo-scl-rh.repo CentOS-SCLo-scl-rh.repo.old

    [centos-sclo-rh]
    name=CentOS-6 – SCLo rh
    #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/sclo/$basearch/rh/
    baseurl=https://vault.centos.org/centos/6.10/sclo/$basearch/rh/
    mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org?arch=$basearch&release=6&repo=sclo-rh
    gpgcheck=1
    enabled=1
    gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-SCLo

    • This worked to me too… And I have to remove the ius*.repo* too to working, because I get the following error.

      Could not resolve host: mirrors.iuscommunity.org

  30. Thanks. I have been trying to solve this issue for a long time now.

  32. Hey, I wasn’t able to make a copy of th centos repo, it says permission denied, what can I do

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