YUM SERVER SETUP ON LOCAL MACHINE

For setup YUM server on Local Machine. Please follow below steps:

1Copy  linux package file directory (Server)  into  /var/ftp/pub/Server folder.

ð  Login as root user

# mkdir     /var/ftp

#mkdir      /var/ftp/pub

ð  Mount DVD-ROM drive into  /media directory

#mount      /dev/hdc           /media

ð  Copy Server file in  /var/ftp/pub/Server folder

#cp –rdvf  /media/Server             /var/ftp/pub

ð  Unmount  Dvd-ROM

#umount    /media

#eject

2 Install  ‘createrepo’ package

      #cd                        /var/ftp/pub/Server

                   #rpm        -ivh      createrepo

3Create repository

ð  Check that cursor location should be  /var/ftp/pub/Server

# pwd

ð  Create repository

#createrepo

    .

You client configure:

1.      Go  /etc/yum.repos.d  folder

       # cd          /ect/yum.repos.d

ð  Copy existing file and past different name like  “my-yum.repo”. Should be remember file extention should be “.repo”

# cp           existing_filename.extention    my-yum.repo

--------- Cheers !!!