All mirrors were tried

[search4workingdistro]

Good night. Does anyone know how to fix that?

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$ sudo dnf update
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.

CentOS Stream 8 - AppStream                                                                                            16 kB/s | 8.1 kB     00:00    
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'appstream':
  - Status code: 404 for https://vault.centos.org/centos/8-stream/AppStream/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 13.225.244.90)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'appstream': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

[TrevorH]

Why do you have repos pointing at vault.centos.org? That's where old CentOS versions go to die.

[search4workingdistro]

I don't know. How do I fix that?

[search4workingdistro]

Anyone?

[BShT]

I don't know. How do I fix that?

point repo to vault.centos.org

[TrevorH]

I think he means "do NOT point to vault.centos.org"

[BShT]

yes, NOT to

[search4workingdistro]

Can you guys please explain in more details how exactly do I (not) do this? Which commands do I type?

[TrevorH]

Run yum repolist
Examine the files in /etc/yum.repos.d
Look for vault
Change enabled=1 to 0

[search4workingdistro]

Run yum repolist

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$  yum repolist
Not root, Subscription Management repositories not updated

This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.

repo id                                               repo name
appstream                                             CentOS Stream 8 - AppStream
baseos                                                CentOS Stream 8 - BaseOS
brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com_x86_64_        created by dnf config-manager from https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
docker-ce-stable                                      Docker CE Stable - x86_64
epel                                                  Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
epel-next                                             Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - Next - x86_64
extras                                                CentOS Stream 8 - Extras
extras-common                                         CentOS Stream 8 - Extras common packages
google-chrome                                         google-chrome
rpmfusion-free-updates                                RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Free - Updates
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                             RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Nonfree - Updates
skype-stable                                          skype (stable)
slack                                                 slack
teams                                                 teams
teamviewer                                            TeamViewer - x86_64
virtualbox                                            Oracle Linux / RHEL / CentOS-8 / x86_64 - VirtualBox

Examine the files in /etc/yum.repos.d

Examine for what? Could you please be a bit more specific, ideally with a 'grep /etc/yum.repos.d ...' command?

Look for vault

Look for what?

Is there a set of commands or a followable article to bring Centos dnf system from disrepair to normal?