Creating DVD repository for own system or server

! first mount RHEL5 dvd



1)check :

#rpm -qa | grep vsftpd

-if /var/ftp directory didn't there means install

#rpm -ivh /media/RHEL5/Server/vsftpd* ( this is location of file in mounted dvd )

2) check :

#rpm -qa | grep createrepo

-if createrepo command not installed means install

#rpm -ivh /media/RHEL5/Server/createrepo* ( this is location of file in mounted dvd )

3)Copy dvd/cd files to pub:

#cp -avf /media/RHEL/* /var/ftp/pub/

4)copy grouping files:

#cp /var/ftp/pub/Server/repodata/comps-rhel5-server-core.xml /root

#cp /var/ftp/pub/VT/repodata/comps-rhel5-vt.xml /root

5)clear the old repos:

#rm -rf /var/ftp/pub/Server/repodata

#rm -rf /var/ftp/pub/VT/repodata

6)repo creation:

#createrepo -g /root/comps-rhel5-server-core.xml -v /var/ftp/pub/Server

#createrepo -g /root/comps-rhel5-vt.xml -v /var/ftp/pub/VT

7) create a file called :

for server:

#vim /etc/yum.repos.d/server1.repo

       [Server]

         name=Server1 Server Repository

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

         gpgcheck=0

         #This one is needed for xen packages

         [VT]

         name=Server1 VT Repository

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

         gpgcheck=0



for client:

#vim /etc/yum.repos.d/client.repo

       [Server]

         name=Server1 Server Repository

         baseurl=ftp://192.168.0.254/pub/Server

         gpgcheck=0

         # This one is needed for xen packages

         [VT]

         name=Server1 VT Repository

         baseurl=ftp://192.168.0.254/pub/VT

         gpgcheck=0



8) checking

#yum clean all

#yum install