> 1. I've been told to move everything out of the default > /var/yum/cache path and place it in /, creating a directory called > repository. This is because the /var partiton could be overwritten > during kernel upgrade/re-formatting and in /repository/yum/Fedora/etc it > will be protected. nothing gets overwritten during kernel upgrade. Not sure who told you that but they're way out in left field. You can put a repository wherever you want. There is no path limitation on a repository tree. > 2. I have to exclude all kernel updates from automatically going > through to the clients because otherwise I will just "break" the ws. Now > is this what you guys have been recently talking about?..so I just drop > an exclude line in the yum.conf? why do you think it would break the workstation? > 3. Not to bother with using ftp to connect from clients to server, > using http instead. Therefore apache is now running on the repo with a > document root that matches the /repository/path/to/updates that seems fine. > > I was planning to use rsync to mirror another repo somewhere, preferably > in Australia and then set the server to update nightly via cron.daily. I > also have to go out thru a proxy and have set this in root's .bashrc as< > set http_proxy="http://172.xx.xx.xx:<port>/"> but is this the best place > really? for now, yes, it is the best place. -sv
