mnikhil m wrote:
Hi Carl
Thanks for the reply :)
Yes..I know how to setup yum.. and infact I use apt-get for my most
rpm needs on my small Fedora box...but what I would like to know is
has anyone done that with Enterprise Linux setup because upon
purchasing ELs from RedHat,RedHat gives you an entitlement to receive
the updates from it RHN repository, I was thinking of setting up a
local repository because, we have many in number of RHEL boxes... and
to update them..we run up2date on all the boxes...and everytime they
connect to the internet/redhat network...which I want to avoid(may be
my bandwidth problem here).I just want to save some time (and money as
well...) so that whenever there is any need of new package or patch, I
would consider to fetch it from my local repository server instead of
going all the way to redhat network,
of the way..I have heard that we can use username/password
authentication..can that be seen here in yum (RHEL) to get the updates
from RHN..
may be someone from Redhat should answer it.. ?
On 8/12/05, Carl Reynolds <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
mnikhil m wrote:
Hi
Has any one implemented a local yum repository or redcarpet kind for RHEL v3?
can someone please redirect me to the steps that you have taken.
though I have up2date rhn with RHEL,My core wish is to maintain a
local repository server making the clients connect a local server for
patches and updates instead of connecting to rhn everytime an up2date
is run.
Or is having a local repository possible with up2date program ( I have
heard that in most cases up2date has support for yum repositories)
Any Suggestions/Comments?
Thanks,
Nikhil
To build a local yum repository, try these:
http://www.charlescurley.com/yum/repository.html
http://fedoranews.org/alex/tutorial/yum/
up2date uses yum or apt depending on how you specify the repository in
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources
for example you can add a line like:
yum rpms-stable http://www.repository.com/fedora/3/en/$ARCH/rpms-stable/
to have up2date access rpms at http://www.repository.com/ using yum
or
apt rpms-stable
http://www.repository.com/fedora/3/en/$ARCH/rpms-stable/ repository-name
to have up2date access rpms at the same location using apt.
Carl.
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The links I sent you are for building your own yum repository on a local
machine.
Since you are using up2date, you could also run
up2date-config
--> Retrieval/Installation
check "After installation, keep binary packages on disk"
This will cause up2date to keep any rpms it downloads in your "Package
storage directory" (usually /var/spool/up2date).
You can then copy these to the other machines or tell them to look on
the machine you're running as the repository and update their own
systems from there.
I don't understand what you're saying about "username/password
authentication". Maybe someone else can answer that question better than I.
Carl.
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