Create a local repository in CentOS 7 over http

What you need to create a local repository in centos 7 over http is a web server (httpd) and createrepo command. Let's assume the ip address of this server is 10.10.10.10.

# yum install httpd createrepo yum-utils -y

Then, create a directory to store the repository files

# mkdir /var/www/html/repos

Create XML based rpm meta-structure repository, like an index file that points to rpm files for our repository

# createrepo /var/www/html

Configure httpd to allow followsymlinks 

# diff -u /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.ori /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

--- httpd.conf.ori      2021-12-06 12:23:36.704096479 +0800

+++ httpd.conf  2021-12-06 12:21:37.423092872 +0800

@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@

     # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#options

     # for more information.

     #

-    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

+    #Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

+    Options All Indexes FollowSymLinks

 

     #

     # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.

Check for any error

# httpd -t

Restart httpd

# systemctl restart httpd

Sync files from the official repo

# yum install yum-utils

# reposync -g -l -d -m --repoid=base --newest-only --download-metadata --download_path=/var/www/html/repos/ 

Allow port 80 in firewall

# firewall-cmd --add-service http

# firewall-cmd --add-service http --permanent

Create a yum repo configuration file

# cat >> /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo <<EOF

[local]

name=CentOS Apache

baseurl=http://10.10.10.10

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

EOF

Test repo. You should be able to see the local repository being listed. Run a yum search command to see whether yum is able to get package info from the local repo.

# yum repolist