RUN yum in Docker file not working, but yum it's working inside the container

Question

I'm trying to build a container from amazonlinux (fedora based).

If I build the image and I enter into the container the yum command works normally. However if I put the yum command inside the Dockerfile, it doesn't. It seems that fails to contact the repository

Dockerfile

FROM amazonlinux
RUN yum update -y

running: sudo docker build .

Sending build context to Docker daemon  3.072kB
Step 1/2 : FROM amazonlinux
---> df7d0b6ddeee
Step 2/2 : RUN yum update -y
---> Running in 14e4e4bad5b1
Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities

result, several https tried and in the end:

...URLError: (28, 'Resolving timed out after 5516 milliseconds')
Trying other mirror...
The command '/bin/sh -c yum update -y' returned a non-zero code: 1

Solution

if I were you I would check the following things:

• Try Centos7 image and run the same commands
• Try to run yum clean all before running update so it should look like this RUN yum clean all && yum update -y
• Check the network limitation in DNS resolving and you can check this link for guide and also this guide from docker to configure custom network
• Also check the firewall configuration on the Host machine

Comments

[Steven Yong]

yum clean all save my day!