How can create yum server with ftp for network use

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Configure your machine as ftp server.

Copy Server folder from DVD to /var/ftp/pub like this

#cp -r /media/RHEL5.4/Server /var/ftp/pub/

After this make repo file inside /etc/yum.repos.d/ like this

Cat /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-debuginfo.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/nirmal.repo

After run this command change configuration of file like and make entry like this

#vim /etc/yum.repos.d/nirmal.repo

[Yum-Server]

Baseurl=ftp://192.168.0.254/pub/Server/

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

save this file and exit

Install createrepo* package to create repos file (index file)

#cd /var/ftp/pub

#rpm –ivh Server/createrepo-0.4.11-3.el5.norach.rpm

#createrepo -v Server/

#yum update if this command was run successfully it means yum server is working fine if you get error then run

#yum clean ALL it will clean all cache off yum .

2. Note – if you want to create yum client just create a repo file inside client machine /etc/yum.repos.d/

3. Like server repo file nirmal.repo