[FIXED] Why am I unable to update using YUM - using CentOS Stream 8

Issue

I'm unable to update any packages within CentOS Stream 8.

I did create two subscriptions at https://access.redhat.com/management/subscriptions

Subscription 1: 60 Day Product Trial of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server with Smart Management, Monitoring, and all Add-Ons, Self-Supported (Physical or Virtual Nodes)

Subscription 2: Red Hat Beta Access

I have assigned both of these subscriptions to my system, and rebooted. When I attempt to check for updates, I receive the following:

[lloyd@localhost ~]$ sudo yum check-update
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:24 ago on Wed 29 Dec 2021 11:45:08 AM GMT.

Any advice as to where I'm going wrong would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Solution

Looks like the failover method is no longer supported for EL8 since it has been removed from DNF.

You can remove from the .repo files and try:

sudo sed -i '/^failovermethod=/d' /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo

Answered By - Thiru

Answer Checked By - Mildred Charles (PHPFixing Admin)