Whenever you use a base Operating System(OS), you have to install some packages which are very similar to the applications you install in Windows. Once you have installed the packages in RHEL/Cent OS you need to configure it. In RHEL/Cent OS we create repository which is the warehouse of the packages. The packages used in Unix/Linux are also dependant to other packages too. So, if you make a YUM repository in RHEL/Cent OS it would be very easy for the packages to locate the dependency and picks the dependent packages from the repository. Another benefit of creating a local Yum repository is that while installing a package you don’t need to connect to internet and download the package. You can directly install the package locally.

[su_label type=”success”]Things to do[/su_label]

  • Mount ISO
  • Copy and install packages.
  • Create and configure YUM at /etc/yum.repos.d/

You can even watch the Youtube video which I have create for better understanding in creating YUM repository.  If you want to want watch more videos please subscribe to our channel.

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In this video above, I have also created a FTP sharing so that YUM repository can be used by other nodes as well for installing packages. This saves time, we just need to configure YUM in RHEL/Cent OS node so that it can access my YUM server. I have also shared that in my next blog.

You need to mount the CDROM.

[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
mount: /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

[root@localhost ~]# cd /mnt/Packages/

[root@localhost Packages]# ls

Since I am making a Yum repository server,  so that other nodes can also access the packages. I will be installing VSFTPD package. This will help me to install the packages to be shared on FTP.

[root@localhost Packages]# rpm -ivh vsftpd-3.0.2-9.el7.x86_64.rpm

When this is done, we need to create a packages directory in /var/ftp/pub/ directory and place the packages in that directory to be shared.

Create a Packages folder to be shared.

[root@localhost Packages]# mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/packages

Now, we need to copy the packages. Make sure you are in the package directory, only then * would be working in the command

[root@localhost Packages]# cp -av * /var/ftp/pub/packages/

When the packages are copied we need to run few more packages to create our repository.

[root@localhost Packages]# cd /var/ftp/pub/packages/

[root@localhost packages]# rpm -ivh createrepo-0.9.9-23.el7.noarch.rpm deltarpm-3.6-3.el7.x86_64.rpm python-deltarpm-3.6-3.el7.x86_64.rpm

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Now, we need to run a command which can help the OS to point the mentioned packages.

[root@localhost packages]# createrepo -v /var/ftp/pub/packages/

[su_label type=”info”]Configure YUM repository[/su_label]

[root@localhost packages]# vim /etc/yum.repos.d/yum.repo

[rhel7]

name="Redhat Enterprise 7"

baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/packages/

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

:wq!

[root@localhost packages]# yum clean all

[root@localhost packages]# yum update

[root@localhost packages]# yum install bind*

 

This was way you can create your YUM repository locally and in next article you can check how can you use the YUM repository in the network for other nodes.

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