4 Replies Latest reply on Mar 23, 2012 10:31 AM by supriyashivkumar

    Update repo process

    supriyashivkumar
    supriyashivkumar Mar 22, 2012 4:44 PM

      Hi,

       

      I have a repository set up which is mirrored from the centos repo using rsync. It has the os and the updates sections.

      Now in the base.appl file i can specify the default repo for the OS section. Is there a way that I can enforce even the updates to be applied whne the appliance is built.

      Currently, I am doing a yum update in my post install step. However, this is a real slow process and there are a lot of side effects of this process.

       

       

      Thanks,

      Supriya Shivkumar

        • 1. Re: Update repo process
          goldmann
          goldmann Mar 22, 2012 5:33 PM (in response to supriyashivkumar)

          We enable both base and updates repos by default. You can disable them by specifyig default_repos to false and add additional repos at your own. Read more.

           

          Please paste your.appl file so I can help you further.

           

          --Marek

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          • 2. Re: Update repo process
            supriyashivkumar
            supriyashivkumar Mar 23, 2012 9:09 AM (in response to goldmann)

            name: c57-test

            summary: test-22nd Mar

            os:

              name: centos

              version: 5

              password:

            hardware:

              partitions:

                "/":

                    size: 5

            default_repos: false

            repos:

              - name: "CentOS"

                baseurl: "http:/test.domain.com/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/" # This is my mirrored repo.

            packages:

              - @base

              - @core

              - @editors

            files:

              "/tmp":

                   - "setup.sh"

            post:

              base:

                - "bash /tmp/setup.sh"

             

             

            I have certain packages which are present in the update repo.. the url is "http:/test.domain.com/centos/5.7/updates/x86_64/RPMS/"

             

             

            By default I want the build process to run the yum update command to update any package being installed in the process to pick the latest package form the updates section.

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            • 3. Re: Update repo process
              goldmann
              goldmann Mar 23, 2012 9:14 AM (in response to supriyashivkumar)

              It depends what is the content of your repo. Normally you should have mirrored both base and updates repos locally. Afterwards adding two repositories in repos section should give you desired behavior.

               

              Don't use arch-specific path, like x86_64, replace it with #BASE_ARCH# - this will give you more flexibility.

               

              --Marek

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              • 4. Re: Update repo process
                supriyashivkumar
                supriyashivkumar Mar 23, 2012 10:31 AM (in response to goldmann)

                Oh. Is it possible to add two repos? I was not aware of that..

                So does this look rite for the repos section of the base file.

                 

                repos:

                  - name: "CentOS"

                    baseurl: "http:/test.domain.com/centos/5.7/os/x86_64/" # This is my mirrored repo.

                  - name: "CentOSUpdate"

                    baseurl: "http:/test.domain.com/centos/5.7/updates/RPMS/"  # Update Repo

                 

                Thanks for the suggestion of the  BASE ARCh.

                 


                 


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