Hi,
I've been recently working with yum and createrepo in RHEL5. I've a few things that I've not yet been able to find answers to. I have need
for various OSs (both RHEL5, CENTOS5, RHEL4, CENTOS4, etc...) and their various updates to all be kickstarted, though the concentration
at the moment is on RHEL5. I've included some details of my config at the bottom which is related to my questions.
My yum and createrepo questions are as follows:
- When executing the 'createrepo' command on the kickstart server/YUM repository:
- Where should the cache be placed when using the '--cachedir' option? For example, should each OS have its own cache directory
(i.e. '/kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/CacheDirForJustThisOS'), or can/should a single cache directory be established for the
entire repository (i.e. '/kickstart/os-files/MasterCacheForAllOSs')?
- What, if anything, is needed in the client '/etc/yum/repos.d/<repofile>.repo' file so the client takes advantage of the cache
directory (created when using the '--cachedir' option of createrepo)?
- The '--groupfile' option seems valuable. The language in the manpage is vague, though it seems to infer that this is applicable
to the 'comps-*.xml' files provided on the media (see example below), or, could be intended for the local creation of a similiar
type of file (though I'm unclear as to how to go about doing that). Further, the information in the EXAMPLES section states the
'comps.xml' file should be in the same directory as the RPMs. However, when copying everything from the media, there is, in fact,
a 'repodata' directory subordinate to where the RPMs are located at, and the 'comps-*.xml' file is located there. So, in my YUM
repository, should the 'comps-*.xml' file be manually moved up one directory so as to be compliant with the language in the
manpage? What is the right implementation of the '--groupfile' option and what value will I get from implementing it? What is
the result when including this option on the createrepo commandline, and pointing to the 'comps-rhel5-cluster.xml' file, as well
as each of the other .XML files located on the distro media (or is that NOT what this option is intended for?)?
- The '--database' option is very vague. Where can I learn more information about this option, its implementation and its value?
- For each RHEL yum client, the "Applications -> Add/Remove Software -> Package Manager" tool has three tabs: "Browse", "Search" and
"List". How do I ensure the "Browse" tab gets populated and is usable? Currently the "Search" and "List" seem to function correctly
for the respective RHEL client OS.
- For the client '/etc/yum/repos.d/<repofile>.repo' file, where the client OS is RHEL v5.2 x86_64, is it sufficient (correct?) to have
the '--baseurl' option point to JUST the parent of the OS-specific repo (i.e. '/kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64'), or should it point
to all of the available OSs (i.e. '/kickstart/os-files')?. I think the former is correct, but am seeking understanding and
clarification.
Relevant details of my kickstart server implementation:
- /kickstart/os-files contains directories for each RHEL OS I host (i.e. RHEL5.2x32, RHEL5.1x32, RHEL5.0x32. RHEL5.2x64, RHEL5.1x64,
RHEL5.0x64, etc.....). The media for each OS had been mounted and everything recursively copied to the respective OS directory,
while preserving all subdirectory structure.
- An example of the repodata directories and their files available on the distrubution media, as copied:
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4,096 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Cluster/repodata
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 101,836 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Cluster/repodata/comps-rhel5-cluster.xml
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 170,789 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Cluster/repodata/filelists.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24,695 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Cluster/repodata/other.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6,073 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Cluster/repodata/primary.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1,310 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Cluster/repodata/repomd.xml
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4,096 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/ClusterStorage/repodata
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 106,338 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/ClusterStorage/repodata/comps-rhel5-cluster-st.xml
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 55,375 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/ClusterStorage/repodata/filelists.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6,931 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/ClusterStorage/repodata/other.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6,920 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/ClusterStorage/repodata/primary.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1,313 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/ClusterStorage/repodata/repomd.xml
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4,096 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Server/repodata
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1,009,127 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Server/repodata/comps-rhel5-server-core.xml
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2,667,976 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Server/repodata/filelists.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6,555,246 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Server/repodata/other.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 825,211 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Server/repodata/primary.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1,314 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/Server/repodata/repomd.xml
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4,096 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/VT/repodata
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 103,754 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/VT/repodata/comps-rhel5-vt.xml
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32,783 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/VT/repodata/filelists.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40,590 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/VT/repodata/other.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7,171 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/VT/repodata/primary.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1,305 Apr 30 2008 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/VT/repodata/repomd.xml
- These get created when I execute 'createrepo /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64'
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4,096 Jan 31 18:05 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/repodata
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3,153,955 Jan 31 18:05 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/repodata/filelists.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8,360,128 Jan 31 18:05 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/repodata/other.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1,058,682 Jan 31 18:05 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/repodata/primary.xml.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 951 Jan 31 18:05 /kickstart/os-files/RHEL5.2x64/repodata/repomd.xml
R,
-Joe Wulf, CISSP, VCP, USN(RET)
Senior IA Engineer
ProSync Technology Group, LLC
www.prosync.com
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