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Create a YUM server for RHEL 7.5 using its ISO file

This document is to create a YUM server using RHEL installer ISO file.

  • Install a RHEL VM with 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU and 80 GB HDD.

  • Create a repository folder inside VM

mkdir -p /rhel75/repo
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  • Mount the ISO using mount command and copy the Packages folder into your repository folder 
cp /run/media/vcloud/RHEL-7.5\ Server.x86_64/Packages/* /rhel75/repo/
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  • Install createrepo package if it is not installed during OS installation 
cd /rhel75/repo
rpm -ivh createrepo-0.9.9-28.el7.noarch.rpm
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  • Create repository 
createrepo /rhcelab/repo/
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  • Clean YUM cache 
yum clean all
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  • Update the rhcelab.repo file to point to your local repository folder 
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rhcelab.repo
[rhcerepo]
name=rhcerepo
baseurl=file:///rhel75/repo/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
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  • List the repolist 
yum repolist
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  • For testing, try to install any package 
yum install redhat-lsb
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