I was given a task to install OpenStack Yoga release on CentOS Stream 8 Server (minimal Server). I followed the Server World guide for the installation. While installing Keystone using the below command, encountered the error “Unknown repo epel“.
# dnf --enablerepo=centos-openstack-yoga,epel,powertools -y install openstack-keystone python3-openstackclient httpd mod_ssl python3-mod_wsgi python3-oauth2client mod_ssl Error: Unknown repo: 'epel'
Solution: EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is an open-source and community based repository project from FEDORA team. The repository provides a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux including RHEL, CentOS, Alma Linux and Rocky Linux.
How to Install EPEL repository on CentOS Stream 8
Step 1: To install EPEL repo on CentOS Stream 8, run the below command:
# dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
[OR]
# dnf config-manager --set-enabled PowerTools # dnf install epel-release
Step 2: Update the software packages
# dnf update
Step 3: Verify the EPEL repo is enabled
# dnf repolist repo id repo name appstream CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream baseos CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 epel-modular Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 extras CentOS Linux 8 - Extras powertools CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools
