YUM Server Configuration in RHEL 6 (Yellow Dog Updater Modified)

YUM Server Configuration 

                                 

Server side configuration:

Step 1:

Install createrepo.rpm from the DVD for creating repository.

#rpm -ivh createrepo.rpm

#rpm -ivh vsftpd.rpm (for FTP server)

Step 2:

Copy all rpms form the DVD and past over the hard disk share them up in NFS.

#createrepo -v  /path-to-rpms

eg:#createrepo -v /var/ftp/pub

It will take several minutes that depends upon the number of rpms that you have copied from the DVD specified and the configuration of your machine.

Step 3: 

#service vsftpd restart

Touch the following file with the contents specified.

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

[redhat]

name=rhel (or any name)

baseurl=ftp://10.10.10.101/pub/  (Give the Ipaddress of the YUM server) 

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

:wq

Step 4:

Verify using this command

#yum repolist

Use the yum server in the same machine because server is the first client of the same service most of the times the following command is used for install gcc compiler

#yum install gcc

                                      

                                                                        

 

Client side configuration:

Touch the following file with the contents specified.

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

[base]

name=rhel (or any name)

baseurl=ftp://10.10.10.101/pub/  (Give the Ipaddress of the YUM server) 

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

:wq

#yum repolist   (just for verification)

#yum install gcc (just for an example)