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Create Local Repo in Rocky Linux 8

How to create a local repo in Rocky Linux 8.

Install nginx. Enable service.

dnf install nginx
systemctl enable nginx --now
systemctl status nginx

Create repo.

dnf repolist
dnf install createrepo yum-utils
mkdir /usr/share/nginx/html/repos
mkdir -p /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/{baseos,appstream}

Sync repos.

dnf reposync -g --delete -p /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/ --repoid=baseos --newest-only --download-metadata
dnf reposync -g --delete -p /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/ --repoid=appstream --newest-only --download-metadata
createrepo /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/baseos/
createrepo /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/appstream/

Create cron to sync repos daily. Create file called /etc/cron.daily/update-localrepos

#!/bin/bash
/bin/dnf reposync -g --delete -p /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/ --repoid=baseos --newest-only --download-metadata
/bin/dnf reposync -g --delete -p /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/ --repoid=appstream --newest-only --download-metadata
/usr/bin/createrepo /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/baseos/
/usr/bin/createrepo /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/appstream/

Create a file called /etc/nginx/conf.d/repos.conf.

server {
        listen   80;
        server_name  reposerver.example.com;
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html/repos;
	index index.html; 
	location / {
                autoindex on;
        }
}

Restart nginx.

systemctl restart nginx

Configure firewall and SELinux.

firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http
firewall-cmd --reload
getenforce
chcon -Rt httpd_sys_content_t /usr/share/nginx/html/repos/

Move existing repos to /tmp.

mv /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo /tmp/

Create a new repo called /etc/yum.repos.d/localrepo.repo

[localrepo-base]
name=RockyLinux Base
baseurl=http://reposerver.example.com/baseos/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
[localrepo-appstream]
name=RockyLinux Base
baseurl=http://reposerver.example.com/appstream/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

Clean cache and check repolist.

dnf clean all 
dnf repolist

Edit /etc/hosts and add reposerver.example.com. Add it to other hosts.

echo "10.10.10.10        reposerver.example.com     reposerver" >> /etc/hosts

Finally, run yum install against the local repo. Installing lvm in this example.

yum install lvm2

Git Clone Multiple Accounts

How to clone repositories with multiple Github accounts.

git clone git@github.com-yourgitaccount:yourgitaccount/myrepo.git

Create Local Yum Repo

Here’s how to create a local yum repo.

Install Apache.

sudo yum install httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl status httpd

Install the repo packages.

sudo yum install createrepo yum-utils

Create repo directories.

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/{baseos,extras,appstream,epel}

Sync the repos.

sudo yum reposync -p=/var/www/html --repoid=baseos --download-metadata
sudo yum reposync -p=/var/www/html --repoid=extras --download-metadata
sudo yum reposync -p=/var/www/html --repoid=appstream --download-metadata
sudo yum reposync -p=/var/www/html --repoid=epel --download-metadata

Create a new repo.

sudo createrepo /var/www/html/

Setup a local repo.

sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

Contents of local.repo.

local-base]
name=Yum Local Base
baseurl=http://10.10.0.20:80/base
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
[local-extras]
name=Yum Local Extras
baseurl=http://10.10.0.20:80/extras
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
[local-appstream]
name=Yum Local Appstream
baseurl=http://10.10.0.20:80/appstream
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
[local-epel]
name=Yum Local Epel
baseurl=http://10.10.0.20:80/epel
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Confirm new repo is in the repolist.

sudo yum repolist

Yum Repo Plugins

Here’s how to disable plugin in Yum repos.

# check which plugins are enabled
yum repolist
# disable plugins
yum update --disableplugin=product-id,subscription-manager
# check agin
yum repolist

If that doesn’t work, check the individual config files of each plugin.

cd /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/
vim product-id.conf
vim subscription-manager.conf

Disable it.

[main]
enable=0

Yum Add Repo Manually

Add a yum repo manually by adding a configuration file in /etc/yum.repo.d/ directory.

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
vi newrepo

Add the following.

[newrepo]
name=New Repo for RHEL/ CentOS $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://newrepo.domain.com/centos/$releasever/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://newrepo.domain.com/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt

You may need to import the key.

rpm --import http://newrepo.domain.com/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt

Finally, test the new repo by running the following.

yum update -y
yum install new-package