Setting up a local package repository is useful when you need to save bandwidth or you won’t have access to internet. In this post we’ll set up a local yum repository from the DVD source, install vsftpd from it, and then host the repository over FTP.
Making a local repository from DVD
I made a /mnt/cdrom directory where I can mount the DVD. Then check what you have in the drive:
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blkid /dev/sr0
/dev/sr0: UUID="2016-10-19-18-32-06-00" LABEL="RHEL-7.3 Server.x86_64" TYPE="iso9660" PTTYPE="dos"
Mount the ISO:
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mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
Copy the packages on the DVD to a directory:
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mkdir -p /mnt/repos
cp -rpv /mnt/cdrom/Packages/ /mnt/repos/rhel7
Grab a cofee, this will take a while. When it’s finished, create the repo from all the RPMS you copied:
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createrepo /mnt/repos/rhel7
Spawning worker 0 with 4751 pkgs
Workers Finished
Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata
Generating sqlite DBs
Sqlite DBs complete
Next, we need to create a conf file for the repo. These files should be placed in /etc/yum.repos.d and be of the format name.repo . For a listing of the repository options that you can set, see the RedHat documentation
I defined a repo file that looks like this:
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cat /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel7-local.repo
[rhel7-local]
name=Local RHEL7 repository
baseurl=file:///mnt/repos/rhel7
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
[name] – this is a unique repository ID, and it should contain no spaces
name – a description of the repository
baseurl – location of the repository data. For local files: file:///path/to/local/repo. For HTTP: http://path/to/repo FTP: ftp://path/to/repo
enabled – this 0 or 1 value specifies whether the repository is used by yum or not
gpgcheck – this 0 or 1 value specifies if yum will do a GPG signature check on the packages
I cleared the yum cache and checked that my repo has been enabled:
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yum clean all
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Cleaning repos: rhel-7-server-rpms rhel-7-server-rt-beta-rpms rhel-7-server-rt-rpms rhel7-local
Cleaning up everything
yum repolist enabled | grep rhel7-local
rhel7-local Local RHEL7 repository 4,751
Install vsftpd from local repo
I disabled the other repositories and installed vsftpd from my local one:
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yum install -y vsftpd
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package vsftpd.x86_64 0:3.0.2-21.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
vsftpd x86_64 3.0.2-21.el7 rhel7-local 169 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 169 k
Installed size: 348 k
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : vsftpd-3.0.2-21.el7.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : vsftpd-3.0.2-21.el7.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
vsftpd.x86_64 0:3.0.2-21.el7
Complete!
Start the FTP service and see that it’s running:
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systemctl start vsftpd && systemctl status vsftpd
● vsftpd.service - Vsftpd ftp daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2018-01-15 15:21:54 EET; 35ms ago
Process: 6025 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 6026 (vsftpd)
CGroup: /system.slice/vsftpd.service
└─6026 /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Jan 15 15:21:54 rhel7 systemd[1]: Starting Vsftpd ftp daemon...
Jan 15 15:21:54 rhel7 systemd[1]: Started Vsftpd ftp daemon.
If you have firewalld running, you have to allow vsftpd. First, chech the default zone:
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firewall-cmd --get-default-zone
public
Check if FTP is allowed:
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firewall-cmd --query-service=ftp
no
Add a rule to allow FTP:
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firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=ftp --permanent
success
Restart the firewall and check again:
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firewall-cmd --query-service=ftp
yes
Next, I copied the repository to the FTP folder in /var/ftp/pub and changed the ownership to ftp:
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cp -r /mnt/repos/rhel7/ /var/ftp/pub/rhel7
chown -R ftp:ftp /var/ftp/pub/rhel7/
Check the SELinux context:
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ls -lZ /var/ftp/pub/
dr-xr-xr-x. ftp ftp unconfined_u:object_r:public_content_t:s0 rhel7
And to see if everything works, FTP anonymously to the server and list the files:
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ftp localhost
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost (::1).
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2)
Name (localhost:root): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||43989|).
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 19 Jan 15 13:47 pub
226 Directory send OK.
ftp> ls pub
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||35006|).
150 Here comes the directory listing.
dr-xr-xr-x 3 14 50 258048 Jan 15 13:49 rhel7
Now you can create another repo file like before, but this time served over FTP:
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cat /etc/yum.repos.d/ftp-rhel7.repo
[ftp-rhel7]
name=RHEL7 repository FTP
baseurl=ftp://127.0.0.1/pub/rhel7
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
I disabled the local repository and only kept the FTP one:
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yum repolist
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
ftp-rhel7 | 2.9 kB 00:00:00
ftp-rhel7/primary_db | 3.8 MB 00:00:00
repo id repo name status
ftp-rhel7 RHEL7 repository FTP 4,751
repolist: 4,751
Install something to see it work:
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yum install -y squid
[...]
Installed:
squid.x86_64 7:3.5.20-2.el7
Dependency Installed:
libecap.x86_64 0:1.0.0-1.el7 perl-Digest.noarch 0:1.17-245.el7 perl-Digest-MD5.x86_64 0:2.52-3.el7
squid-migration-script.x86_64 7:3.5.20-2.el7
Complete!
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