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STEP 1 :­ Insert RHEL 6 installation media in your computer and mount it into your PC.

to mount RHEL 6 DVD into your PC, execute the following command

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

Now go to "/mnt/" directory and check it.

to go to "/mnt/" directory, use the following command 

cd /mnt

to check the content of "/mnt/" directory, use the following command 

ls 

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STEP 2 :­ Go to "/mnt/Server/Packages/" directory and installed the required packages for YUM Server.

following packages are required for YUM Server :

vsftpd­2.2.2­6.el6.x86_64.rpm
deltarpm­3.5­0.5.20090913git.el6.x86_64.rpm
python­deltarpm­3.5­0.5.20090913git.el6.x86_64.rpm
createrepo­0.9.8­4.el6.noarch.rpm

to go to "/mnt/Server/Packages/", use the following command

# cd /mnt/Server/Packages/

to install the above packages, execute the following command

# rpm ­ivh vsftpd­2.2.2­6.el6.x86_64.rpm
# rpm ­ivh deltarpm­3.5­0.5.20090913git.el6.x86_64.rpm
# rpm ­ivh python­deltarpm­3.5­0.5.20090913git.el6.x86_64.rpm
# rpm ­ivh createrepo­0.9.8­4.el6.noarch.rpm 

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STEP 3 :­ In the next step start the FTP Service.

to check the status of FTP Service execute the following command

# service vsftpd status

to start the FTP Service execute the following command

# service vsftpd start

to permanently start FTP Service execute the following command

# chkconfig vsftpd on

STEP 4 :­ Now go to "/var/ftp/pub/" directory and then create a directory in it named "IT".

to go to "/var/ftp/pub/", execute the following command

# cd /var/ftp/pub/

to create a directory named IT, execute the following command

# mkdir IT

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STEP 5 :­ Copy the entire RHEL 6 DVD in the "/var/ftp/pub/IT/" directory. 

to copy the entire RHEL 6 DVD in the "/var/ftp/pub/IT/", use the following command

# cp ­rf  /mnt/*  /var/ftp/pub/IT/

Note :­  I used here "/mnt/" as source location, because i mounted the RHEL 6 DVD into "/mnt/" directory in the
STEP 1. 

STEP 6 :­ Create the reposatory of  RPM Packages of  "/var/ftp/pub/IT/" directory. 

to create the reposatory of RPM Packages, use the following command

# createrepo ­v /var/ftp/pub/IT/

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STEP 7 :­ In the next step create the configuration file of YUM Server in "/etc/yum.repos.d/" directory and add
the following line in it.

[server]
name=YUM­Server
baseurl=ftp://172.18.209.9/pub/IT
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Note :­ where 172.18.209.9 is the IP address of your PC on which you configure YUM­Server.

to create the configuration file of YUM Server in "/etc/yum.repos.d/", use the following command

# vim /etc/yum.repos.d/server.repo 

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to add the above line to this file, press "i" or "insert" key on your keyboard.

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Now add the above line to this file and save it

to save the file, press "ESC" key­­­­­­­­­­>type ":wq!" ­­­­­­­­­­>and then press "Enter" key. 

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STEP 8 :­ Now install any  packages using YUM­Server.

 to install any packages using YUM­Server, execute the following command

# yum install <package­name>

In this example i am going to install "httpd" packages, to install "httpd" package, use the following command

# yum install httpd* 

Note :­ To install all the packages of "httpd" , you have to use * with your package name. 

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MY SOLUTIONS 10 months ago

 YUM Server Conἀ渄guration in RHEL 6

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Step by step guide of con᐀�guring a YUM Server in RHEL 6
How to conἀ渄gure YUM Server in RHEL 6

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MY SOLUTIONS 11 months ago

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Vaibhav Jain 4 months ago  -  Shared publicly

 Hi, do we need to deploy any package on client side, to use yum server? If yes, please let me know.

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MY SOLUTIONS 4 months ago

 Yum Client Conἀ渄guration steps:-

Step 1:- Check your NIC Conἀ渄guration.

To check NIC Conἀ渄guration, use the following command: -
# ifconἀ渄g eth0
MY SOLUTIONS 4 months ago
 If you have any doubt, then watch the third video of yum server conἀ渄guration series.

follow the link which given below:- 

Rajendra Prasad Nvr 1 year ago  -  Shared publicly

 excellent

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MY SOLUTIONS 1 year ago

 My youtube channel :-

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sikan batu 1 year ago  -  Shared publicly

 Thank you Boss, Superb

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MY SOLUTIONS 1 year ago

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MY SOLUTIONS 1 year ago
 My youtube channel :-

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Siva Sankar 1 year ago  -  Shared publicly

 
Really useful information, i am a AIX Admin every time i am trying to learn RHEL i used to feel like
tough your blog is simply awsome :)
will you please share YUM client conἀ渄guration

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MY SOLUTIONS 1 year ago

 My youtube channel :-

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Yemireddy nagarjuna reddy 11 months ago  -  Shared publicly

 
very very thanks.
please send the samba conἀ渄guration materiel 

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MY SOLUTIONS 11 months ago

 Samba Server Conἀ渄guration Video On my youtube channel

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HariKrishnan .T 9 months ago  -  Shared publicly

 Hi Sumer Singh,

You're awesome, i've done it with use of this page. Thank you so much, and would like to get more
help and clear my doubts. please advise me how could i contact you. thanks again

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Gurupal Sandhu 1 year ago  -  Shared publicly

 
Nice tutorial but still getting errors .. I am running REHL 6 in Virtual Box ..i did what you have
explained .
Please help me out & resolve the following error :-

[root@localhost]# yum install httpd*

Loaded plugins : product-id subscription-manager
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