Configuring and Installing YUM server in RHEL4

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Recently I came across a strange issue.. ie implementing YUM(Yellow dog Updater and Modifier) server in RHEL4 :(. By the time of RHEL4 released there is no YUM server implementation..

so I did some research and collected some documentation on net and implemented YUM server in RHEL4

configuring YUM server in RHEL4 as follows..

Stpe1:Download following packages

sqlite-2.8.16-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm

python-sqlite-0.5.0-1.2.elr4.rf.i386.rpm

python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.2.el4.rf.noaarch.rpm

pytyhon-elementtree-1.26-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm

python-celementtree-1.0.2-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm

yum-2.4.2-1.noarch.rpm

yum-utils-0.3.1-1.fc4.noarch.rpm ( we need for repository)

createrepo-0.3.1-1.noarch.rpm

Stpe2: Install the above mention packages in the same sequence once you download them.

rpm -Uvh sqlite-2.8.16-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm

rpm -Uvh python-sqlite-0.5.0-1.2.elr4.rf.i386.rpm

rpm -Uvh python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.2.el4.rf.noaarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh pytyhon-elementtree-1.26-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh python-celementtree-1.0.2-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm

rpm -Uvh yum-2.4.2-1.noarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh yum-utils-0.3.1-1.fc4.noarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh createrepo-0.3.1-1.noarch.rpm

Step3:Now dump your rpms from your RHEL4 cds/dvd

cp -ar * /var/ftp/pub/Server/

Step4: Create repository

#createrepo -v /var/ftp/pub/Server/

Here yum server will create a repository and metadata once creation of metadata is done we can configure yum client on the same mechine.. as follows

Step5:Creating a repo file and updating with the repository details

#vi /etc/yum.repo.d/server.repo

[server]

name= Redhat repository

baseurl=file:///var/ftp/pub/Server

gpgcheck=0

save the file and exit and start using yum to install packages in RHEL4.