Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base

Question

I need some help please, I am trying to install yum update in CentOS 5.9 but I get error

> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, kmod Loading mirror speeds from cached
> hostfile YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http[s] or
> file.  Eg. Invalid release/ removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors:
> /var/cache/yum/base/mirrorlist.txt Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl
> for repo: base

please help me how to fix this

update content of CentOS-Base.repo

   [base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
exclude=redhat-logos php53*

#released updates
[updates]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
exclude=redhat-logos php53*

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
exclude=redhat-logos php53*

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
exclude=redhat-logos php53*

#contrib - packages by Centos Users
[contrib]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
exclude=redhat-logos php53*

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

This is because Centos 5 is deprecated and requires manual update of the Base repo file to point everything to the Centos vault.

Source: http://realtechtalk.com/Centos_59_Working_Vault_Repo_file-1921-articles

Backup your /etc/yum.repos.d/Centos-Base.repo

Replace with the following will get you going again:

# CentOS-Base.repo
#
# The mirror system uses the connecting IP address of the client and the
# update status of each mirror to pick mirrors that are updated to and
# geographically close to the client.  You should use this for CentOS updates
# unless you are manually picking other mirrors.
#
# If the mirrorlist= does not work for you, as a fall back you can try the
# remarked out baseurl= line instead.
#
#

[base]
name=CentOS-5.9 - Base
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5.9&arch=$basearch&repo=os
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/5.9/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#released updates
[updates]
name=CentOS-5.9 - Updates
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5.9&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/5.9/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-5.9 - Extras
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5.9&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/5.9/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-5.9 - Plus
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5.9&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/5.9/os/$basearch/centosplus/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

#contrib - packages by Centos Users
[contrib]
name=CentOS-5.9 - Contrib
#mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5.9&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/5.9/os/$basearch/contrib/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5