RHEL8 Offline Repo Configuration

We all use freely available versions of software. even Linux most of the software has subscriptions even they were distributed freely. for example, without a subscription to Redhat Linux, we cannot install new packages. so that the best way to install the packages is through a local repo.

let's see how to configure local repo using RHEL DVD.

First, what is a repo? repo is like a setup in a windows environment. so we have to configure it to install whatever software we need. the RHEL DVD contains 2 already configured repos.

1. AppStream — application packages

2. BaseOS — Basic Os features applications of RedHat

mount the RHEL DVD into the VMware. this DVD has all the repos

copy baseos directory to /

cp -arv  /run/media/cipher/RHEL-8-2-0-BaseOS-x86_64/BaseOS/* /baseosRepo/

configure repo in

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/local.repo

add these

[localrepo]
name=localrepo
baseurl=file:///baseosRepo
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

directly provide the appstream URL as baseurl of repo.d