mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/
install vsftpd package, so that we can use this as a FTP server to share our repository in the client systems.
Change to the directory where you mounted Scientific Linux DVD. In our example we have mounted the DVD
DVD in /mnt directory.
# cd /mnt/Packages
# rpm -ivh vsftpd-2.2.2-11.el6.i686.rpm
Start the FTP Service:
# service vsftpd start
install createrepo package if it is not installed. This is package is used to create our local
repository.
# rpm -ivh createrepo-0.9.8-5.el6.noarch.rpm
Oops!! It shows us the dependency problem. Let us the install missing dependencies first:
# rpm -ivh deltarpm-3.5-0.5.20090913git.el6.i686.rpm
Then install the another one:
# rpm -ivh python-deltarpm-3.5-0.5.20090913git.el6.i686.rpm
Now install the createrepo package:
Create a folder called yumserver (You can use your own) in /var/ftp/pub directory to save
all the packages from the Scientific Linux DVD. Copy all the files in the Packages folder from the DVD to
/var/ftp/pub/yumserver folder:
# mkdir /var/ftp/pub/yumserver
# cp -ar *.* /var/ftp/pub/yumserver
it will take a while to copy all the packages in the DVD. Please be patient. After all packages are copied, create a repo file called yumserver.repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.
# nano /etc/yum.repos.d/yumserver.repo
[localyumserver]
name="my local repository"
baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/yumserver
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
Where,
[localyumserver] ==> Name of the Local Repository.
comment ==> Information about the Repository.
baseurl ==> Path of the Repository (i.e where we had copied the contents from Scientific Linux DVD)
gpgcheck ==> Authentication of the Repository, which is disabled in our case.
Now it is time to create our repository. Enter the following command in the Terminal:
# createrepo -v /var/ftp/pub/yumserver
Now the local YUM repository creation process will begin.
Note: Delete or rename all the other repo files except the newly created repo file i.e in our
example it is localyumserver.repo.
Next update the repository:
yum clean all
yum update
You’re done now.
Client side configuration:
Create a repo file in your client system as mentioned above in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory
and remove or rename the existing repositories. Then modify the baseurl as mentioned below:
[localyumserver]
comment ="My Local Repository"
baseurl=ftp://myserver.domain.com/pub/yumserver
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
(or)
[localyumserver]
comment ="My Local Repository"
baseurl=ftp://192.168.10.101/pub/yumserver
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
source:http://ostechnix.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/setup-local-yum-server-in-centos-6-x-rhel-6-x-scientific-linux-6-x/
