Need to set up yum repository for locally-mounted DVD on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Issue

  • How to set up yum repository to use locally-mounted DVD with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Would like to upgrade server from RHEL 6.x to RHEL 6.y
  • Need to upgrade to RHEL 6.x through yum
  • Have a secure environment that will never be connected to the internet, but still needs to be updated
  • Way to update the packages on server, with no satellite server and servers disconnected from internet
  • Offline patches for Red Hat systems
  • How do I create a local repository in RHEL 6?

Resolution

Please note: If the system is registered to Red Hat Network, yum can be run with the --noplugins option to prevent it from connecting to RHN. The safer option would be to unregister the system to avoid updating to the latest release.

Note Refer to "How do I set up an up2date or yum repository from a locally-mounted DVD on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?" for other OS versions.

  1. Mount the RHEL 6 installation ISO somewhere like /media/rhel6dvd, e.g.:

    # mount -o loop Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_6.10_DVD.iso /media/rhel6dvd

    If you use DVD media, you can mount like below. 

    # mkdir -p  /mnt/disc
# mount /dev/sr0  /mnt/disc

  2. Copy the media.repo file from the root of the mounted ISO to /etc/yum.repos.d/ and set the permissions to something sane, e.g.:

    # cp /media/rhel6dvd/media.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel6dvd.repo
# chmod 644 /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel6dvd.repo

  3. Edit the new repo file, changing the gpgcheck=0 setting to 1 and adding the following 3 lines (make sure to replace "Server" with "Client" or "Workstation", depending on the type of RHEL DVD in use):

    enabled=1
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6dvd/Server
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release

    In the end, the new repo file could look like the following (though the mediaid will be different depending on the version of RHEL):

    [dvd-Server]
name=DVD for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Server
mediaid=1359576196.686790
metadata_expire=-1
gpgcheck=1
cost=500
enabled=1
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6dvd/Server
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release

  4. As a final step, it might be a good idea to run the command yum clean all once

  5. To configure access to the supplementary packages in the directories HighAvailability, LoadBalancer, ResilientStorage, and ScalableFileSystem, add additional repositories for them in the same file, e.g.:

    [dvd-HighAvailability]
mediaid=1359576196.686790
name=DVD for RHEL6 - HighAvailability
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6dvd/HighAvailability
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[dvd-LoadBalancer]
mediaid=1359576196.686790
name=DVD for RHEL6 - LoadBalancer
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6dvd/LoadBalancer
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[dvd-ResilientStorage]
mediaid=1359576196.686790
name=DVD for RHEL6 - ResilientStorage
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6dvd/ResilientStorage
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[dvd-ScalableFileSystem]
mediaid=1359576196.686790
name=DVD for RHEL6 - ScalableFileSystem
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6dvd/ScalableFileSystem
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

    Note: If using the above example repos, ensure the value of mediaid is the same as the value from the original media.repo file.

Learn More

See the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Deployment guide for information upgrading the system off-line.

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