Hy guys hope you are doing great

first of all my english is bad so kindly try to understand on your own what i mean thanks

Task:

i have assigned to configure a local yum repository server for our servers that dont have internet access. so i searched for different solution opensource and builtin like " createrepo".

i am using centOS 7 and i followed the below mentioned tutorial and it worked for me now i have local repository for CentOS 7 .

Tutorial:
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/create-loc...ository-centos

Problem:


i also need to download rhel 6 rpm files for both i386 and 84x_64 architecture ..... can you guys kindly guide me how can i achieve that..



I have tried to move /etc/yum.repos.d/* file to /tmp/ and tried to create a new .repo file that contain rhel 6 package URL.

but when i see " yum-config-manager main \* its settings are different and i dont know how to change section headers to pick to rhel 6 i386 and 84x_64 arch and base,extra,updates and centosplus url .....

can some explain what change do i need to make an on which files step by step cause i am new to linux it would be helpful if someone explain it briefly and asap thanks..

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Hi @TenTenths thanks for replying i read the pages its a good solution but very lengthy process...... i am just in hurry so want a suggestion

what if i make a directory and download all the rmp packages from "http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/" this URL and after that i use createrepo to create metadata and create a repository? i am not sure will it work? as i did using previous tutorial if yes then its more easy for me to get it done in less time.

please also tell me if i am thinking in right direction so is it enough to resolve all dependencies as well if my internal server try to access a package lets say "net-snmp-utils" will these rpm package enough to install it properly on the machine or not ? kindly guide me thanks in advance

hi TenTenths thanks for replying i have read the article its a good solution but its lenghty i am thinking if i download all the RPM packages using wget -A rpm -r -l 5 http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/ this
and then use createrepo to create metadata and repository but not sure it will work or not? kindly guide me if i am thinking in right direction
if it can work then also tell me will it enough to download all the rpm will it resolve all the dependencies if my internal server try to install "net-snmp-utils" from my local repo server or not?


thanks in advance

The article I linked gives a good, clear, and the CentOS recommendation on how to achieve what you want. If you decide you want to do it your way then that's up to you and I hope it works out for you.

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yes you are right its a good article but what he is doing he is downloading every .iso file individually and then extracting, mounting unmouting then creating a script etc. you know what i mean it will take too much time to download all 5 and 6 rhel version and following this procedure so its easy it will download rpm but i was not sure if its right approach or not ....

have you tried this yourself what i am trying to achieve right now ?

thanks