5.2.1.3. Creating a Repo Appliance out of a machine that already has an Operating System

5.2.1.3. Creating a Repo Appliance out of a machine that already has an Operating System

If installing this on a machine that already has an operating system (OS) installed simply yum install genome-repo.

In case the genome-repo RPM is not available in the stock yum repositories for your OS you can grab the RPMs from any other Genome Repo Appliance at http://[hostname]/cobbler/repo_mirror/[distro]-genome-noarch.

Whenever installing the genome-repo RPM manually there is one other step that needs to happen to properly configure a Repo Appliance.

/sbin/service genome-repo-bootstrap start

Note

This step is designed to work "offline" since all the external dependencies are pulled down via the genome-repo RPM. That being said there are external factors than can cause it to fail. If you suspect a Repo Appliance is not configured correctly it is always safe to run this command multiple times as puppet will only perform outstanding tasks.