Jun 30, 2023
How to Create a CentOS 7 local repository
How to Create a CentOS 7 local repository Introduction In this post we will cover how to create a CentOS 7 local repository that you can use to patch CentOS 7 systems that do not have access to the Internet for updates or for your home network. We will create a web site with NGINX, download the updates, extras and others packages, set to update daily and configure systems to use the local repository in... read more
Dec 7, 2015
How To Create Ftp Yum Repository On Fedora
Introduction There comes a time when you cannot connect to the internet to your favorite repository for installation of packages. Thankfully we can create our own YUM repositories to have them available locally on our networks. YUM stands forĀ Yellow Dog Modifier and is the Red Hat package manager that is able to query for information about available packages, fetch packages from repositories, install and... read more
Feb 21, 2015
How To Create a CentOS Repository with mrepo
If you are a shop of any size and are building and maintaining CentOS servers, you know the need to maintain a repository with extras, updates and such. In this post we will cover how to build a repository on your network for building and maintaining CentOS. Install mrepo sudo yum -y install mrepo Edit /etc/mrepo.conf and add set the directories Create mrepo config file in /etc/mrepo.conf.d ###... read more
Apr 3, 2012
Create a Local Fedora 16 Repository
If you have several Fedora systems you can create your own local repository to reduce the amount of Internet traffic and control the updates you want to have available. Also, you can create repositories for other products you use or like. In this post we will cover creating a local Fedora 16 repository. Update: You can use this same process on Fedora 17 & 18, just change the version number. Two... read more