Yum - Unable to install any package on iSeries V7R2

Hello,

I’ve just successfully installed yum package on my iSeries V7R2, but all packages fail to install with “Cannot retrieve repository metadata” error message. There was another RESOLVED issue with a similar problem, but even by adding 8.8.8.8 to DNS the result is the same. AS400 is pinging public.dhe.ibm.com without problems.

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Here is the detail:

yum --version
3.4.3
Installato: rpm-4.13.0.1-18.ppc64 da 2020-03-12 21:32
Build : None su 2019-12-16 22:48
Committed: Kevin Adler <kadler@us.ibm.com> su 2019-12-13

Installato: yum-3.4.3-18.noarch da 2020-03-12 21:32
Build : None su 2019-12-13 23:07
Committed: - Abdirahim Musse <abdirahim.musse@ibm.com> su 2019-12-09

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I am absolutely unable to run any yum install command because every time I get the following error message:

yum install python3-pip python3-ibm_db python3-itoolkit
https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/ibmi/products/pase/rpms/repo/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#6 - "getaddrinfo() thread failed to start
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Connessione ad un altro mirror in corso.
Errore: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: ibm. Please verify its path and try again

I did try to replace https: with http: and ftp: but it always fails.

[ibm]
name=ibm
baseurl=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/ibmi/products/pase/rpms/repo
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

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From my iSeries I can ping “public.dhe.ibm.com/“

ping ‘public.dhe.ibm.com’
La risposta PING 1 da 170.225.15.112 ha impiegato 147 millisecondi 256
byte. TTL 240.
La risposta PING 2 da 170.225.15.112 ha impiegato 147 millisecondi 256
byte. TTL 240.
La risposta PING 3 da 170.225.15.112 ha impiegato 147 millisecondi 256
byte. TTL 240.
La risposta PING 4 da 170.225.15.112 ha impiegato 147 millisecondi 256
byte. TTL 240.
La risposta PING 5 da 170.225.15.112 ha impiegato 147 millisecondi 256
byte. TTL 240.
Andata e ritorno (in millisecondi) min/avg/max = 147/147/147.
Statistica della verifica di collegamento: 5 su 5 riuscite (100 %).

I had a look on internet , but there is nothing that can help me to understand this issue.

Any help is really appreciated.

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Giovanni Michielin

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