Adding the Red Hat Virtualization Server 5 channel to mrepo

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* Login to [https://rhn.redhat.com/ Red Hat Network].
* Login to [https://rhn.redhat.com/ Red Hat Network].
* Select '''Systems'''.
* Select '''Systems'''.
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* Choose the system that is subscribed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 channel. e.g., ''server''-5Server-i386-mrepo
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* Choose the system that is subscribed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 channel. e.g., '''''server''-5Server-i386-mrepo'''
* Select '''Alter Channel Subscriptions'''.
* Select '''Alter Channel Subscriptions'''.
* Under '''Release Channels for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IA-32''', select '''RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 for 32-bit x86)''' and click '''Change Subscriptions'''.
* Under '''Release Channels for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IA-32''', select '''RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 for 32-bit x86)''' and click '''Change Subscriptions'''.

Revision as of 17:36, 31 March 2008

Contents

Overview

In this example, my server is already registered to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386 channel in mrepo: 

# gensystemid -u RHN_user -p RHN_password --release=5Server --arch=i386 /mrepo/5Server-i386/

I add this system to the Red Hat Virtualization Server 5 channel. Client systems cannot run yum update xen if the virtualization channel is not available: 

# yum install xen
...
Error: Missing Dependency: xen-libs = 3.0.3-25.el5 is needed by package xen

Red Hat Network changes

To add this server to the Red Hat Virtualization Server 5 i386 channel:

  • Login to Red Hat Network.
  • Select Systems.
  • Choose the system that is subscribed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 channel. e.g., server-5Server-i386-mrepo
  • Select Alter Channel Subscriptions.
  • Under Release Channels for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for IA-32, select RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 for 32-bit x86) and click Change Subscriptions.

mrepo configuration changes

  • Add the following in the [5Server] stanza in your mrepo.conf configuration file. 
[5Server]
...
virtualization = rhns:///rhel-$arch-server-vt-$release
  • Update and generate the repository. 
# mrepo -ug 5Server-i386

yum.conf configuration changes

Example /etc/yum.conf changes: 

...
[virtualization]
name=Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - Virtualization
baseurl=http://server/mrepo/$releasever-$basearch/RPMS.virtualization/
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