yum local repository via HTTP

Yum local repository Set-up - DVD ISO via HTTP

Steps:

1. Copy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 DVD ISO RHEL5-Client-20070208.0-i386-DVD.iso from Red Hat Network and create a local repository on the local Repository server.

   
   #mkdir -p /var/www/html/cdrom/iso
   #mount -o loop /RHEL5-Client-20070208.0-i386-DVD.iso
   /var/www/html/cdrom/iso
   #cd /var/www/html/cdrom
   #createrepo .
   #yum clean all
   Created a file /etc/yum.repos.d/file.repo as follows:
   

   
   #cat /etc/yum.repos.d/file.repo
   [RHEL 5 Repository]
   baseurl=file:///cdrom
   enabled=1
   

2. Share with httpd:

   
   # vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
   ServerAdmin root@192.168.2.187
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html
   ServerName 192.168.2.187
   

   (Where 192.168.2.187 is the local Repository server)
   
   

   
   # httpd -t
   # service httpd start
   

3. Client side configuration:

   
   vi /etc/yum.repos.d/my.repo
   ----
   [RH51-Server]
   name= RHEL 5.1 Server Repository
   baseurl=http://192.168.2.187/cdrom
   enabled=1
   ----
   

4. Verify from client:

   
   # yum list
   Loading "installonlyn" plugin
   Setting up repositories
   Reading repository metadata in from local files
   Available Packages
   Deployment_Guide-as-IN.noarch 5.0.0-19
   RH51-Server Deployment_Guide-bn-IN.noarch
   5.0.0-19 RH51-Server
   Deployment_Guide-de-DE.noarch 5.0.0-19
   RH51-Server Deployment_Guide-en-US.noarch
   5.0.0-19 RH51-Server
   Deployment_Guide-es-ES.noarch 5.0.0-19
   RH51-Server Deployment_Guide-fr-FR.noarch
   5.0.0-19 RH51-Server ========
   OR
   # yum update
   

   The package version used on the Repository server:
   
   httpd-2.2.3-11.el5yum-3.0.1-5.el5createrepo-0.4.4-2.fc6The package version used on the client side: