Yum Configuration

First of all while installing redhat 5 please make sure you install createrepo package ( very very important)

Let create a local yum repository with ftp service.

1:First create a folder name Server in /var/ftp/pub/

          #mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/Server

2: copy all the packages from the cd or dvd to /var/ftp/pub/Server

          # cd /media/

          # cd Packages

          # cp -rf * /var/ftp/pub/Server

3: Once all the packages are copied in /var/ftp/pub/Server . We need to run this command

          #cd /var/ftp/pub

          #createrepo -v Server/

4: After running the command go into the folder Server/ .You will be able to see repodata folder

5: Go into to the folder and check whether four .xml files are created.

6: Great that is it your yum repository is ready .

7: Now just start the ftp service

          # service vsftpd restart

8:Now we need to edit the Yum configuration file

          #cd /etc/yum.repos.d

9:Now we will edit the file

          # vi rheldebug.info

10: Please edit remove all the lines and make this entry

[rhel-server]

name=

baseurl=ftp://< youripaddress >/pub/Server

enable = 1

gpgcheck = 0

save this file

Now run this command

#yum clean all

Thats it now the yum server is ready for http service just add the packages in /var/www/html/Server

follow step 3

restart the httpd service

make an entry in vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rheldebug.info

here in baseurl://http:///html/Server

and for ordinary yum

make this entry in vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rheldebug.info

baseurl://file:///

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