CentOS 7 to Almalinux 8 upgrade fails at: Enter username for Imunify360: alt-php at repo.alt.cloudlinux.com:

Symptoms

• CentOS 7 to Almalinux 8 upgrade stuck and fails with the following message:
  

  CONFIG_TEXT: 2025-04-12 12:11:54,346 - INFO - stdout: Check if all used target repositories have signing gpg keys
  2025-04-12 12:11:54,346 - INFO - stdout: Enter username for Imunify360: alt-php at repo.alt.cloudlinux.com:

• imunify360-alt-php repository is enabled:
  

  # cat /etc/yum.repos.d/imunify360-alt-php.repo
  [imunify360-alt-php]
  enabled=1
  gpgcheck=1
  gpgkey=http://repo.alt.cloudlinux.com/el/alt-php/install/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CloudLinux

Cause

Conversion process stuck due to required HTTP authentication for imunify360-alt-php repository.

Resolution

1. Log into the server via SSH.
2. Open /etc/yum.repos.d/imunify360-alt-php.repo with editor (for example vi) and disable the repository changing the values as following:
   

   CONFIG_TEXT: enabled=0
   gpgcheck=0

3. Continue the upgrade.