Creating a yum repository (repo) and Creating a yum group to install + kickstart
May 2nd, 2007
Creating a yum repository is fairly easy, the only command you need is createrepo and some rpms. This is a quick guide to making a repo, I have a more complete example in my howto make an install server.
Make a directory to contain your rpms, it’s nice to name the directory the same as the repo name. Even better, segregate the rpms by architecture, i386, i686, noarch, SRPMS, etc. Copy the rpms into the appropriate directories and run create repo on that directory. Ensure you sign your rpms with your gpg key. Read the rest of this entry »
