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How To Configure Linux Yum Server Step by Step Guide Example and Implementation

This document provides step-by-step instructions for configuring a Linux yum server. It explains that yum was created to maintain RPM-based systems and offers advantages like automatic dependency resolution and accessing multiple software locations. It then outlines the steps to create a dump of the RHEL CD on the /var/ftp/pub location, install the createrepo package, create repositories in that directory using createrepo, edit the /etc/yum.repos.d configuration file to point to the new repositories, and test by installing the telnet package from the yum server.

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How To Configure Linux Yum Server Step by Step Guide Example and Implementation

This document provides step-by-step instructions for configuring a Linux yum server. It explains that yum was created to maintain RPM-based systems and offers advantages like automatic dependency resolution and accessing multiple software locations. It then outlines the steps to create a dump of the RHEL CD on the /var/ftp/pub location, install the createrepo package, create repositories in that directory using createrepo, edit the /etc/yum.repos.d configuration file to point to the new repositories, and test by installing the telnet package from the yum server.

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How to configure linux yum server

step by step guide Example and


Implementation
YUM stands for Yellow dog Updater, Modified because it is based on YUP, the Yellow dog
Updater. Yellow Dog is a version of Linux for the Power Architecture hardware. YUP, and later
YUM, were written by the Linux community as a way to maintain an RPM-based system.

Advantages of YUM
Automatic resolution of software dependencies. If a package installation or upgrade
request is made and requires the installation or upgrade of additional packages, YUM can list
these dependencies and prompt the user to install or upgrade them.

Command-line and graphical versions. The command-line version can be run on a


system with a minimal number of software packages. The graphical versions offer ease-of-use and
a user-friendly graphical interface to software management.

Multiple software locations at one time. YUM can be configured to look for software
packages in more than one location at a time.

Ability to specify particular software versions or architectures. Software


locations accessible by YUM can contain multiple versions of the same RPM package and different
builds for different architectures such as one for i686 and one for x86_64. yum can easily check
the appropriate version and download it.
While it's unlikely that you'll have an Internet connection during the exam, you could have
a network connection to a local repository. So you should be ready to use the yum
command during the Red Hat exam.

How to create dump of RHEL CD


Whether you perform network installation or create yum repository file you need dump of RHEL
CD. It is generally created on server in RHCE exam. Candidate is given a location of this dump to
perform network installation. We will create dump of RHEL CD on /var/ftp/pub and use this for
network installation or to create yum repository files.
Check how many space is available on /var partition mimimun 4 GB space is required

Now

Dump

mount

is

RHEL

created

dvd

on

on

mnt

and

/var/ftp/pub

copy

now

entire

you

Configure yum server

can

disk

on

umount

/var/ftp/pub

RHEL

dvd

RHCE
EXAM
QUESTION
Backup of the Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 is taken in /var/ftp/pub on server named

Server.example.com. You can install all required packages using yum by creating the
repository file.

Pre quest of yum server


we assume that you have completed these pre quest of yum server

A Linux system with hostname Server.example.com and with ip address of


192.168.0.254
Dump of RHEL disk on /var/ftp/pub location

Once you have completed these pre quests follow this guide.
change
yum

directory

and

createrepo

Now

After

rpm

to
are

required

install

installing

Now
repository

of

package

repository
all

yum

server

createrepo

necessary

create

for

/var/ftp/pub/Server

rpm

will

change

of
be

install

them

rpm

directory

Server
created

in

to

/var/ftp/pub

directory
few

minute

Now

In

create

few

Now

second

create

all

errata

repository

necessary

for

repository

directory

and

will

VT

be

repository

created

for

for

it

VT

During the process of creating repository two hidden directory with named .olddata is
created
automatically
remove
them

Now check hostname and change directory to /etc/yum.repos.d. copy sample


repository
file
to
the
file
with
hostname
And
open
it

Default

repository

file

look

like

these

Remove defaults line and set new location of Sever and VT as shown here

Save file with :wq and exit


Now remove all temporary

To
After

Now

data

file

with

yum

clean

all

Congratulation You have successful create yum server


yum
server
remove
telnet

test

checking

install

all

dependences

telnet

it

will

package

ask

for

package

conformation

from

command

yum

press

server

After

checking

all

dependences

it

will

ask

for

conformation

press

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