How to create Linux Local Update Server(CentOS 5)
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:11 am
This How to will work for Centos 5.x
Required Packages:
Apache web server,rsync and createrepo packages must be installed in the server before starting the whole process,
Installation Method: (Server-Side Settings)
I have used CentOS 5.3 as the base operating system, this repository is workable for CentOS 5.x versions
Login to the console as root and type the following commands
than copy the whole contents of Centos 5.3 DVD in i386 directory, the createrepo.rpm must be installed in the system, than type
Now the rsync should be run in a daily cron as
This will create a complete update repository at /var/www/html/centos/5/updates/i386. The repodata directory will be created with all of the headers. Next I would advise to setup a cron job to run the rsync (above). In this manner your repository keep updated and only new updates and headers will be downloaded to your repository.
Client-Side Settings:
On client side, rename the files present in /etc/yum.repos.d which are Centos-Base.repo and Centos-Media.repo
to *.old and create a new file named localCentos-Base.repo and copy the following in that
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Required Packages:
Apache web server,rsync and createrepo packages must be installed in the server before starting the whole process,
Installation Method: (Server-Side Settings)
I have used CentOS 5.3 as the base operating system, this repository is workable for CentOS 5.x versions
Login to the console as root and type the following commands
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$ mkdir -p /var/www/html/centos/5/os/i386
$ mkdir -p /var/www/html/centos/5/updates/i386
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$ createrepo /var/www/html/centos/5/os/i386/
$ cp -r /var/www/html/centos/5/os/i386/* /var/www/html/centos/5/updates/i386
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$ rsync -avrt rsync://centos.arcticnetwork.ca/centos/5/updates/i386 \ --exclude=debug/ /var/www/html/centos/5/updates
Client-Side Settings:
On client side, rename the files present in /etc/yum.repos.d which are Centos-Base.repo and Centos-Media.repo
to *.old and create a new file named localCentos-Base.repo and copy the following in that
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# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/localCentOS-Base.repo
[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
baseurl=http://ReposerverIP/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
[update]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
baseurl=http://ReposerverIP/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://ReposerverIP//centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0
everything that seems to be true is not always true.