#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : "Failed to synchronize cache for repo" / "Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist" # Fix : Repoint a CentOS 7 or 8 system at the vault # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-dnf-cache # # Run as : Shell as root # Expect : 30 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # CentOS 7 or CentOS 8. The mirrorlist service no longer answers for # these, so this is not a network fault -- the mirrors are gone. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # sudo rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d && sudo mv /etc/yum.repos.d.bak # /etc/yum.repos.d # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " "Failed to synchronize cache for repo" / "Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist"" echo " Repoint a CentOS 7 or 8 system at the vault" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 30 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Confirm the version.' '' cmd 'cat /etc/centos-release'; then cat /etc/centos-release if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Back up the repo files before editing them.' '' cmd 'sudo cp -a /etc/yum.repos.d /etc/yum.repos.d.bak'; then sudo cp -a /etc/yum.repos.d /etc/yum.repos.d.bak if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'Comment out the mirrorlist lines and point baseurl at vault.centos.org.' 'The vault holds the final released packages. It receives no security updates -- this restores the ability to install, not the ability to patch.' cmd 'sudo sed -i -e '\''s/^mirrorlist=/#mirrorlist=/'\'' -e '\''s|^#\?baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=https://vault.centos.org|'\'' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*.repo'; then sudo sed -i -e 's/^mirrorlist=/#mirrorlist=/' -e 's|^#\?baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=https://vault.centos.org|' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-*.repo if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Rebuild the cache.' '' cmd 'sudo yum clean all && sudo yum makecache'; then sudo yum clean all && sudo yum makecache if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 5 'Understand this is a holding action. The system is out of support and receives no security fixes; plan a migration to Rocky, Alma or RHEL.' 'Leaving an EOL distribution on the network indefinitely is a far bigger problem than the one being fixed here.' manual || true rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'yum can list and install packages.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then sudo yum repolist fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-dnf-cache" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: sudo rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d && sudo mv /etc/yum.repos.d.bak /etc/yum.repos.d' rule