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Create Local Repo in Rocky Linux 8

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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

Create Local Yum Repo

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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

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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

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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

Yum Remove Repo

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How to remove repos in Yum. Just delete the repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d.

rm /etc/yum.repos.d/repo-name.repo

Cloning A GCP Repo

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Here are the steps on how to clone a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) repository. This is assuming you already installed Google Cloud SDK.

gcloud init
gcloud source repos clone name_of_repo --project=project_name
cd name_of_repo
git commit -a -m "your comment"
git push -u origin master