The SQL Server 2017 makes use of python2 and OpenSSL 1.0. (try to add '-skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '-nobest' to use not only best candidate packages) Nothing provides openssl < 1:1.1.0 needed by 86_64 Problem: cannot install the best candidate for the job Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Sun 07:40:10 AM CET. Today, I tried to install MSSQL on CentOS 8 following my instructions. I already wrote about how to install MSSQL Server on RHEL 7.