We haven't tested this exact version, but there shouldn't be any issues with supporting it. It should just work.

--Marek

Yes, you need to have access to the ISO, for example downloaded via https://access.redhat.com/home, then mount it, and point your repos section to the mounted dir.

--Marek

Yes, you need to mount it and add appropriate lines in repos section in your appliance definition file.

--Marek

Hello,

Must the repo be on the meta appliance?

I created a RHEL 6.3 repo from iso and put it on its own vm. I verified I can install packages from this repo, (http) but when I try to use it in a definition file it fails.

In the log I see this:

...

D, [2012-08-08T20:37:58.179686 #28907] DEBUG -- : Mounting /dev/loop01 at /root/appliances/build/appliances/x86_64/rhel/6/rhel6.3-basic/1.5/rhel-plugin/tmp/imgcreate-YLbw9k/install_root/

D, [2012-08-08T20:37:58.236958 #28907] DEBUG -- : Writing mkinitrd config /root/appliances/build/appliances/x86_64/rhel/6/rhel6.3-basic/1.5/rhel-plugin/tmp/imgcreate-YLbw9k/install_root/etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd

D, [2012-08-08T20:37:58.489559 #28907] DEBUG -- : Retrieving http://benzene/repos/rhel6.3ws_x86-64/repodata/repomd.xml ...OK

D, [2012-08-08T20:37:58.648740 #28907] DEBUG -- : Skipping missing group 'core'

D, [2012-08-08T20:38:06.817407 #28907] DEBUG -- : warning: libgcc-4.4.6-4.el6.x86_64: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID fd431d51: NOKEY

D, [2012-08-08T20:38:06.857722 #28907] DEBUG -- : ['/']

D, [2012-08-08T20:38:06.900028 #28907] DEBUG -- : Installing: libgcc                       ##################### [  1/113]

D, [2012-08-08T20:38:07.280345 #28907] DEBUG -- : Installing: setup                        ##################### [  2/113]

...

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:52.999209 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: mount --bind /sys /sysroot/sys

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:53.094504 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/passwd -d root

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:53.988199 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: /bin/sh: /usr/bin/passwd: No such file or directory

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:53.993092 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: umount /sysroot/sys

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:54.156223 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: umount /sysroot/selinux

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:54.207666 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: umount /sysroot/proc

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:54.258302 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: umount /sysroot/dev/pts

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:54.309083 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: umount /sysroot/dev

T, [2012-08-08T20:39:54.361082 #28907] TRACE -- : GFS: guestfsd: error: /bin/sh: /usr/bin/passwd: No such file or directory

guestfsd: main_loop: proc 111 (sh) took 1.50 seconds

D, [2012-08-08T20:39:54.361382 #28907] DEBUG -- : GFS: sh = NULL (error)

F, [2012-08-08T20:39:54.365658 #28907] FATAL -- : Guestfs::Error: sh: /bin/sh: /usr/bin/passwd: No such file or directory

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/boxgrinder-build-0.10.2/lib/boxgrinder-build/plugins/os/rpm-based/rpm-based-os-plugin.rb:223:in `sh'

...

and the build fails.

Are these two things related? I tried swapping '@Base' for '@core' in the definition file but got the same failure.

Edward,

Can you please run reposync again, with the following flag enabled

{code}--download-metadata{code}

By default, I believe that meta-data such as groups (e.g. @core, @base) are not imported.

I wasn't able to make that work, but I was able to use this:

[root@benzene rhel6.3ws_x86-64]# createrepo . -g rhel-workstation-6.3-x86_64-dvd/repodata/20988aba66e9981de0d1cca7058e9b9d138f226e8fee912f1c96a4a757e9059f-comps-rhel6-Workstation.xml

and it was your clue that led me to it. Thank you.

The repodata directory now has:

[root@benzene rhel6.3ws_x86-64]# \ls -l repodata

total 6860

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1153153 Aug  9 21:17 20988aba66e9981de0d1cca7058e9b9d138f226e8fee912f1c96a4a757e9059f-comps-rhel6-Workstation.xml

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  211946 Aug  9 21:17 20988aba66e9981de0d1cca7058e9b9d138f226e8fee912f1c96a4a757e9059f-comps-rhel6-Workstation.xml.gz

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3311828 Aug  9 21:17 filelists.xml.gz

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  919475 Aug  9 21:17 other.xml.gz

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1414244 Aug  9 21:17 primary.xml.gz

-rw-r--r--. 1 root root    2093 Aug  9 21:17 repomd.xml

[root@benzene rhel6.3ws_x86-64]#

Is this complete? What other kinds of things can go in there?

That looks great, did you encounter any other issues? Or was it smooth sailing?

The usual sort of stuff that goes into the meta-data is groups, package-lists etc. You probably have everything of importance there already.