yum error “Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: epel. Please verify its path and try again” updating ContextBroker

Question

I\'m trying to update Orion ContextBroker using the command yum install contextBroker. Unfortunatelly I get the following error:

Loaded plugins: fast

Answer 1

For boxes that does not have internet access, you can remove epel repository:

yum remove epel-release --disablerepo=epel

This happened to me as I accidentally installed epel-release using rpm on a prod box.