Problem
no more mirrors to try
Solution
yum clean all
yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=base,extras,updates update
rm -rf /var/cache/yum
Problem
unable to resolve host
Solution
https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7633
Problem
Nginx not running
Solution
$ lsof -i :80
$ yum remove httpd