How to create central YUM Repository server on CentOS
Step 1. To Install Createrepo on server
[root@repo ~]# yum -y install httpd xinetd syslinux vsftpd dhcp
Complete!
Step 2. To Create repository directory and add packages on directory
[root@repo ~]# mkdir /repos/CentOS/6.8/ -p
[root@repo ~]# createrepo –update /repos/CentOS/6.8/
Could not find valid repo at: /repos/CentOS/6.8/
Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata
Generating sqlite DBs
Sqlite DBs complete
Step 3. To Mirror using Local ISO
[root@repo /]# mount -o loop /media/sr0/ /mnt/
[root@repo /]# cp -arv /mnt/* /repos/CentOS/6.8/
Step 4. To Mirror using Online Repository
[root@repo /]# rsync -rz –progress rsync://download.nus.edu.sg/centos/6.8/
Step 5. To publish our local repository via apache
[root@repo /]# yum install httpd
[root@repo /]# ln -s /repos/CentOS/ /var/www/html/CentOS
[root@repo ]# /etc/init.d/httpd start
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
Step 6. If you need File sharing using FTP
[root@repo /]# yum install vsftpd
[root@repo /]# ln -s /repos/CentOS/ /var/ftp/pub/CentOS_ftp
[root@email CentOS]# /etc/init.d/vsftpd start
Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: [ OK ]
Step 7. To create local.repo on client systems
cd /etc/yum.repo.d/
vi local.repo
Add as follow:
[mylocalrepo]
name=Local CentOS Repo
baseurl=http://my-repo-server/CentOS/6.8
gpgcheck=0
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