Help with YUM setup with local repository

codenjanod · 03-04-2010, 07:44 AM

Hi all,

How would I go about setting up YUM on a server on my LAN, to connect to a local repository on my LAN ??

I have all the rpm files on a ftp server, with path:

ftp://linux/centos/5.4/updates/x86_64/

Do I make changes to the CentOS-Base.repo file ??

Do I create a new .repo file ??
What would it look like ??

Thanks

MensaWater · 03-04-2010, 07:52 AM

No. Do not update the existing repos - add a new one. A couple of how-tos on this:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=609

http://www.howtoforge.com/creating_a...ository_centos

Both mention use of the "createrepo" command. To get that you need to use yum to install the createrepo package.

kingston · 03-05-2010, 03:09 AM

create a base.repo file in your /etc/yum.repos.d directory
It should have the following content

[base.repo]
baseurl=ftp://..................
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release

then start the yum-updatesd daemon in the client side. Now your yum setup is ready.
#yum list rpmname
#yum clean all
#yum install mod_ssl (for example)
It should work. Before doing this, ensure that vsftpd and yum-updatesd daemon should run in your server. Thats all