Local yum repository setup under Redhat 5.5

RedHat 5.5 64bit local yum repo repository

1st of all copy all media under httpd dir..here in my example i copied under

/var/www/html/ with the name redhatdvd dir.

After that run your web service httpd. check on your local browser you able to browse dir on not...or you can use command tool for url testing.

#links 10.65.136.183/redhatdvd === must reslove


After that go to any client machine whcih you want to update from this local yum repo.

login on system with root user.Then create a file with following entry.

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

[dir1]
name=Redhat
baseurl=http://10.65.136.183/redhatdvd/Server
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[dir2]
name=Redhat
baseurl=http://10.65.136.183/redhatdvd/VT
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
[dir3]
name=Redhat
baseurl=http://10.65.136.183/redhatdvd/Cluster
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
[dir4]
name=Redhat
baseurl=http://10.65.136.183/redhatdvd/ClusterStorage
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0


Save the file.

And clean everything.

[root@tc1bas1 ~]# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
Cleaning up Everything


After that you can add,search any packages through YUM with complete dependencies resolve.

[root@tc1bas1 ~]# yum search libvirt
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
This system is not registered with RHN.
RHN support will be disabled.
dir1 | 1.3 kB 00:00
dir1/primary | 868 kB 00:00
dir1 3116/3116
dir2 | 1.3 kB 00:00
dir2/primary | 19 kB 00:00
dir2 71/71
dir3 | 1.3 kB 00:00
dir3/primary | 6.1 kB 00:00
dir3 32/32
dir4 | 1.3 kB 00:00
dir4/primary | 8.9 kB 00:00
dir4 39/39
============================== Matched: libvirt ===============================
libcmpiutil.i386 : CMPI Utility Library
libcmpiutil.x86_64 : CMPI Utility Library
libcmpiutil-devel.i386 : Libraries, includes, etc. to use the CMPI utility
: library
libcmpiutil-devel.x86_64 : Libraries, includes, etc. to use the CMPI utility
: library




IMP:-- Some time you face problem with web-server not able to resolve URL.
the killer is IPTABLES...so make sure your firewall turn off or allow the traffic.