How to Configure a Yum Repository Server in RHEL 5

1) Install vsftpd (FTP Server) & createrepo Packages

Insert RHEL 5 Installation DVD

# mkdir ~/Desktop/rhel_cd
# mount /dev/cdrom ~/Desktop/rhel_cd
# cd ~/Desktop/rhel_cd/Server
# rpm –ivh vsftpd*
# rpm –ivh createrepo*

2) Copy all packages from DVD to LINUX filesystem
# cp ~/Desktop/rhel_cd/Server/ /var/ftp/pub
# cd /
# eject

3) Configure Local Yum Repository Server
# cd /var/ftp/pub/Server/repodata
# cp comps-rhel5-server-core.xml /var/ftp/pub/Server/
# cd /var/ftp/pub/Server
# createrepo -vg comps-rhel5-server-core.xml /var/ftp/pub/Server/
# service vsftpd start
# chkconfig --add vsftpd



4) Configure Clients
Run following commands on clients
# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/yum_server.repo
Add:
[Server]
name=YUM_SERVER
baseurl=ftp://192.168.2.100/pub/Server
gpgcheck=0

# vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Set the following parameter (if not already set)
anonymous_enable = yes
# service vsftpd restart
Now your clients can use this yum server to download & install packages & resolve
dependencies.