{"id":12360,"date":"2019-03-26T21:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12360"},"modified":"2019-03-26T21:30:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T21:30:42","slug":"how-to-setup-local-http-yum-repository-on-centos-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/26\/how-to-setup-local-http-yum-repository-on-centos-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Local HTTP Yum Repository on CentOS 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

A software repository (\u201crepo<\/strong>\u201d in short) is a central file storage location to keep and maintain software packages, from which users can retrieve packages and install on their computers.<\/p>\n

Repositories are often stored on servers on a network for example the internet, which can be accessed by multiple users. However, you can create and configure a local repository on your computer and access it as a single user or allow access to other machines on your\u00a0LAN<\/strong>\u00a0(Local Area Network<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

One advantage of a setting up a local repository is that you don\u2019t need internet connection to install sofware packages.<\/p>\n

YUM (Yellowdog Updater Modified)<\/a>\u00a0is a widely used package management tool for\u00a0RPM<\/strong>\u00a0(RedHat Package Manager<\/strong>) based Linux systems, which makes sofware installation easy on\u00a0Red Hat\/CentOS<\/strong>\u00a0Linux.<\/p>\n

In this article, we will explain how to setup a local\u00a0YUM<\/strong>\u00a0repository over\u00a0HTTP<\/strong>\u00a0(Nginx<\/strong>) web server on\u00a0CentOS 7 VPS<\/strong>\u00a0and also show you how to find and install software packages on client\u00a0CentOS 7<\/strong>\u00a0machines.<\/p>\n

Our Testing Environment<\/h4>\n
Yum HTTP Repository Server<\/strong>:\tCentOS 7 [192.168.0.100]\r\nClient Machine<\/strong>:\t\tCentOS 7 [192.168.0.101]\r\n<\/pre>\n
Step 1: Install Nginx Web Server<\/h3>\n
1.<\/strong>\u00a0First start by installing Nginx HTTP server from the EPEL repository using the YUM package manager as follows.<\/p>\n
# yum install epel-release\r\n# yum install nginx \r\n<\/pre>\n
2.<\/strong>\u00a0Once you have installed Nginx web server, you can start it for the first time and enable it to start automatically at system boot.<\/p>\n
 \r\n# systemctl start nginx\r\n# systemctl enable nginx\r\n# systemctl status nginx\r\n<\/pre>\n
3.<\/strong>\u00a0Next, you need to open port\u00a080<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0443<\/strong>\u00a0to allow web traffic to Nginx service, update the system firewall rules to permit inbound packets on\u00a0HTTP<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0HTTPS<\/strong>\u00a0using the commands below.<\/p>\n
# firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http\r\n# firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=https\r\n# firewall-cmd --reload\r\n<\/pre>\n
4.<\/strong>\u00a0Now you can confirm that your Nginx server is up and running, using the following URL; if you see the default Nginx web page, all is well.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/SERVER_DOMAIN_NAME_OR_IP \r\n<\/pre>\n
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Nginx Default Page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Step 2: Create Yum Local Repository<\/h3>\n
5.<\/strong>\u00a0In this step, you need to install the required packages for creating, configuring and managing your local repository.<\/p>\n
# yum install createrepo  yum-utils\r\n<\/pre>\n
6.<\/strong>\u00a0Next, create the necessary directories (yum repositories) that will store packages and any related information.<\/p>\n
# mkdir -p \/var\/www\/html\/repos\/{base,centosplus,extras,updates}\r\n<\/pre>\n
7.<\/strong>\u00a0Then use the\u00a0reposync<\/strong>\u00a0tool to synchronize\u00a0CentOS YUM<\/strong>\u00a0repositories to the local directories as shown.<\/p>\n
# reposync -g -l -d -m --repoid=base --newest-only --download-metadata --download_path=\/var\/www\/html\/repos\/\r\n# reposync -g -l -d -m --repoid=centosplus --newest-only --download-metadata --download_path=\/var\/www\/html\/repos\/\r\n# reposync -g -l -d -m --repoid=extras --newest-only --download-metadata --download_path=\/var\/www\/html\/repos\/\r\n# reposync -g -l -d -m --repoid=updates --newest-only --download-metadata --download_path=\/var\/www\/html\/repos\/\r\n<\/pre>\n
Sample Output<\/h5>\n
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks\r\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\r\n * base: mirrors.fibergrid.in\r\n * epel: mirror.xeonbd.com\r\n * extras: mirrors.fibergrid.in\r\n * updates: mirrors.fibergrid.in\r\nbase\/7\/x86_64\/group                                                    | 891 kB  00:00:02     \r\nNo Presto metadata available for base\r\n(1\/9911): 389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-18.el7.x86_64.rpm                   | 163 kB  00:00:02     \r\n(2\/9911): 389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-18.el7.x86_64.rpm                  | 267 kB  00:00:02     \r\n(3\/9911): ElectricFence-2.2.2-39.el7.i686.rpm                          |  35 kB  00:00:00     \r\n(4\/9911): ElectricFence-2.2.2-39.el7.x86_64.rpm                        |  35 kB  00:00:00     \r\n(5\/9911): 389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-18.el7.x86_64.rpm                   | 695 kB  00:00:04     \r\n(6\/9911): GConf2-devel-3.2.6-8.el7.i686.rpm                            | 110 kB  00:00:00     \r\n(7\/9911): GConf2-devel-3.2.6-8.el7.x86_64.rpm                          | 110 kB  00:00:00     \r\n(8\/9911): GConf2-3.2.6-8.el7.i686.rpm                                  | 1.0 MB  00:00:06     \r\n<\/pre>\n
In the above commands, the option:<\/p>\n