How to create Local YUM Repository?

your_shadow03 · 09-17-2008, 02:16 AM

I am in verse to create a local YUM repository.I have NFS Repo which has all the RPM Distribution under http://reposerver/RHEL/RHELAS4U532BIT/RedHat/RPMS/ folder.
Whenever I need to install package I have to manually mount it to my system and do rpm installation one by one.

What I have think is to create it as YUM Repo.

Meanwhile I am testing it through one of the Client machine.
My /etc/yum.conf file is :

Code:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1

[base]
#name= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5
baseurl=http://reposerver/opt/kickstart/RHEL/RHELAS4U532BIT/RedHat/RPMS/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

RPms are physically placed under /opt/kickstart directory
Is the entries correct?

When I am trying to run:

# yum install lynx
it says:

Code:

[root@pe ~]# yum install lynx
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5
retrygrab() failed for:
  http://reposerver:/opt/kickstart/RHEL/RHELAS4U532BIT/RedHat/RPMS/headers/header.info
  Executing failover method
failover: out of servers to try
Error getting file http://10.14.134.183:/opt/kickstart/RHEL/RHELAS4U532BIT/RedHat/RPMS/headers/header.info
[Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error nonnumeric port: ''>
[root@pe ~]#

Also, I tried browsing the server as :
#htmlview http://reposerver/RHEL/....

Its Working.but not thru yum.
Pls Sugest

billymayday · 09-17-2008, 02:29 AM

Look into "createrepo". You may need to install it first (with yum)

ashsethi · 09-17-2008, 02:42 AM

createrepo -v /RHEL/RHELAS4U532BIT/RedHat/RPMS/
Try this and then see...

Thanks,
Ash

your_shadow03 · 09-17-2008, 03:23 AM

I am following the following doc:

Code:

Summary:
Create the directory structure of the repository
Copy the base RPMs
Create the base repository headers
Select an rsync mirror.
Rsync the updates-released repository
Edit yum.conf
Degree of Difficulty:Easy
Requires:Approximately 5 gb of Disk Space
Package: createrepo (su yum -y install createrepo)

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1. Create the Directories:
mkdir -pv /var/www/html/yum/{base,updates}

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2. Copy the RPMs from the CDs/DVD to /var/www/html/yum/base

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3. Create the base repository headers:
"createrepo /var/www/html/yum/base"
This might take some time, depending upon the speed of your processor(s) and HD. On successful conclusion, createrepo should create a directory /repodata. The contents should be:
filelists.xml.gz, other.xml.gz, primary.xml.gz, repomd.xml

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4. Select a rsync mirror for updates:
A list is at http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html and these are identified with â€œrsync.â€ For example: "rsync://distro.ibiblio.org/fedora-linux-core/". The mirrors share a common structure for updates. Simply append /updates/<d version>/<base arch>. Using FC4, this becomes:
rsync://distro.ibiblio.org/fedora-linux-core/updates/4/i386

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5. Rsync to create the updates-released repository:
"rsync -avrt rsync://distro.ibiblio.org/fedora-linux-core/updates/4/i386 \
--exclude=debug/ /var/www/html/yum/updates"

This will create a complete update repository at /var/www/html/yum/updates/i386. The repodata directory will be created with all of the headers.

At this point you can create a cron job for the rsync command, above. Only new updates and headers will be downloaded to your repository.

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6. Edit /etc/yum.conf:
[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
#mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever
baseurl=http://192.168.0.xx/yum/updates/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://192.168.0.xx/yum/Fedora/core/$releasever/base/RPMS
#mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

On the machine with the repository, substitute localhost for the IP address

I created directory base and update and also installed createrepo rpm and ran the above command.
But what next I need to do and enter into yum.conf

your_shadow03 · 09-17-2008, 03:51 AM

I have peformed the following commands through the link:http://tqmcube.com/repo.php:

[code]
1. mkdir -pv /var/www/html/yum/{base,updates}
2. cp *.rpm to /var/www/html/yum/base
3. createrepo /var/www/html/yum/base
4. vi /etc/yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1

[base]
#name= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5
baseurl=http://localhost/yum/base ---------> Is it correct entry?Confused?
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

fareedreg · 09-17-2008, 07:29 AM

download this script from rapidshare made by me

http://rapidshare.com/files/146012524/yumscript.html

steps

(1) copy this script anywhere
(2) put your RHEL5 DVD on rom
(3) change mode of this file (chmod 777 yumscript)
(4) run script ./yumscript
(5) sit back and relax for 15 minutes it will copy all your dvd files to your HDD and create yum file also.

(6) test it by give command (yum install bind)

fareed@chemoplast.com

your_shadow03 · 09-18-2008, 12:00 AM

Dude..
Thanks for the script..
But I want a different setup.I have already collection of all RHEL RPMS already.
I just want to put in a central YUM Repo.And Whenever any RHEL MAchine comes/nwly added/needs packages.
it Should Have entry in yum.conf as per its own architecture and download the package atuomatically with dependencies.

ringque · 08-11-2010, 07:19 AM

i tried this but i have found "errono 14 http 404 not found error"
please help me to slove this problem..tnx in advance....

ehowstuff · 02-22-2012, 06:00 AM

This will very useful when you are running on the slow internet connection. Instead of using the internet connection directly to registered RHEL repository, it is possible to use Local CD/DVD-ROM as your yum repository.

Steps :
1. Insert DVD/ISO into DVD-Drive.
2. Mount the ISO from the DVD-ROM into /mnt directory.

df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
9845280 1328824 8016336 15% /
tmpfs 515660 0 515660 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 495844 28689 441555 7% /boot
/dev/sr0 2862360 2862360 0 100% /mnt

3. vi /etc/yum.repos.d/dvdrhel.repo
[DVD-RHEL6-Repository]
mediaid=1235481171.125642
name=DVD-RHEL6 repository
baseurl=file:///mnt/Server
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
4. Start using yum.

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