How to update a RHEL5 Satellite Server repo

[c***@comcast.net]

I have created an install server/yum update server one a centralized RHEL5 Server (5.1, kernel 2.6.18-53.1.13)

I am using apache2 on the server and http on the clients for both installing and updating.

This centralized install/update servers runs other aplications such as Nagios. Because of this is has many optional packages installed.

I populated my update repository by performing a new build on a client server then ran "yum -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/var/www/htdocs/yum update". I then transerred the downloaded packages to the management server into /var/www/htdocs/yum. Lastly I ran "createrepo ." to create the repository. On the clients I added a repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/companyx.repo

[rhel-companyx]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - i386
baseurl=http://server1.companyx.com/yum
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-company

I ran yum update on the client server and it performed perfectly.

I reliazed at that point I didn't have a method of keeping the yum update repo up to date. If I run yum -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/var/www/htdocs/yum update on the mangement server the repo will be populated with packages not installed on any of my clients. Maybe I need to create a repo for each client and somehow replicate the client RPM databases to the management server. Even if I do replicated the rpm db to the managment server I don't see the oprion --dbpath in yum that rpm has so I don't know how to utilized the client rpmdb.

I am stuck and have to have this project done in a couple of days. I am under pressure !

Oh, and purchasing the RedHat Satellite Server product from RedHat is not an option for me.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.........

--Thanks, Chris

[Stanley, Jon]

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It makes no difference if the repo has files that aren't on your clients - they're not going to get them just by doing a 'yum update'

Of course, they could get them with, 'yum install <x>', but that's the point. You could also use mrepo to do this.

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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:56 AM
To: rpm-***@redhat.com
Subject: How to update a RHEL5 Satellite Server repo


I have created an install server/yum update server one a centralized RHEL5 Server (5.1, kernel 2.6.18-53.1.13)

I am using apache2 on the server and http on the clients for both installing and updating.

This centralized install/update servers runs other aplications such as Nagios. Because of this is has many optional packages installed.

I populated my update repository by performing a new build on a client server then ran "yum -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/var/www/htdocs/yum update". I then transerred the downloaded packages to the management server into /var/www/htdocs/yum. Lastly I ran "createrepo ." to create the repository. On the clients I added a repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/companyx.repo

[rhel-companyx]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - i386
baseurl=http://server1.companyx.com/yum
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-company

I ran yum update on the client server and it performed perfectly.

I reliazed at that point I didn't have a method of keeping the yum update repo up to date. If I run yum -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/var/www/htdocs/yum update on the mangement server the repo will be populated with packages not installed on any of my clients. Maybe I need to create a repo for each client and somehow replicate the client RPM databases to the management server. Even if I do replicated the rpm db to the managment server I don't see the oprion --dbpath in yum that rpm has so I don't know how to utilized the client rpmdb.

I am stuck and have to have this project done in a couple of days. I am under pressure !

Oh, and purchasing the RedHat Satellite Server product from RedHat is not an option for me.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.........

- --Thanks, Chris






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[c***@comcast.net]

Jon,

Well that is what I thought. I ran into a big problem after running "yum -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/var/www/htdocs/yum update" on the management server then performing a yum update on of my test clients. Both of the test clients wouldn't complete the start process. They would hang on the startup of various and different services.

I so far have been unable to get either of the systems to boot (even in single user) so I don't have much to go on. I did notice that the update did install a new kernel 2.6.18-8.el5 from 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5. I cannot boot from either kernel.

--Thanks, Chris


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Post by Stanley, Jon
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It makes no difference if the repo has files that aren't on your clients -
they're not going to get them just by doing a 'yum update'
Of course, they could get them with, 'yum install ', but that's the point.
You could also use mrepo to do this.
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:56 AM
Subject: How to update a RHEL5 Satellite Server repo
I have created an install server/yum update server one a centralized RHEL5
Server (5.1, kernel 2.6.18-53.1.13)
I am using apache2 on the server and http on the clients for both installing and
updating.
This centralized install/update servers runs other aplications such as Nagios.
Because of this is has many optional packages installed.
I populated my update repository by performing a new build on a client server
then ran "yum -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/var/www/htdocs/yum update". I
then transerred the downloaded packages to the management server into
/var/www/htdocs/yum. Lastly I ran "createrepo ." to create the repository. On
the clients I added a repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/companyx.repo
[rhel-companyx]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - i386
baseurl=http://server1.companyx.com/yum
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-company
I ran yum update on the client server and it performed perfectly.
I reliazed at that point I didn't have a method of keeping the yum update repo
up to date. If I run yum -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/var/www/htdocs/yum
update on the mangement server the repo will be populated with packages not
installed on any of my clients. Maybe I need to create a repo for each client
and somehow replicate the client RPM databases to the management server. Even if
I do replicated the rpm db to the managment server I don't see the oprion
--dbpath in yum that rpm has so I don't know how to utilized the client rpmdb.
I am stuck and have to have this project done in a couple of days. I am under
pressure !
Oh, and purchasing the RedHat Satellite Server product from RedHat is not an
option for me.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.........
- --Thanks, Chris
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