Appendix A. Configuring a Local Repository for Offline Red Hat Virtualization Manager Installation

Procedure

1. Register your system with the Content Delivery Network, entering your Customer Portal user name and password when prompted:

   # subscription-manager register

   Note

   If you are using an IPv6 network, use an IPv6 transition mechanism to access the Content Delivery Network and subscription manager.

2. Find the Red Hat Virtualization Manager subscription pool and record the pool ID:

   # subscription-manager list --available

3. Use the pool ID to attach the subscription to the system:

   # subscription-manager attach --pool=pool_id

   Note

   To view currently attached subscriptions:

   # subscription-manager list --consumed

   To list all enabled repositories:

   # yum repolist

4. Configure the repositories:

   # subscription-manager repos \
       --disable='*' \
       --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms \
       --enable=rhel-7-server-supplementary-rpms \
       --enable=rhel-7-server-rhv-4.3-manager-rpms \
       --enable=rhel-7-server-rhv-4-manager-tools-rpms \
       --enable=rhel-7-server-ansible-2.9-rpms \
       --enable=jb-eap-7.2-for-rhel-7-server-rpms

1. Servers that are not connected to the Internet can access software repositories on other systems using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). To create the FTP repository, install and configure vsftpd:

   1. Install the vsftpd package:

      # yum install vsftpd

   2. Start the vsftpd service, and ensure the service starts on boot:

      # systemctl start vsftpd.service
      # systemctl enable vsftpd.service

   3. Create a sub-directory inside the /var/ftp/pub/ directory. This is where the downloaded packages will be made available:

      # mkdir /var/ftp/pub/rhvrepo

2. Download packages from all configured software repositories to the rhvrepo directory. This includes repositories for all Content Delivery Network subscription pools attached to the system, and any locally configured repositories:

   # reposync -l -p /var/ftp/pub/rhvrepo

   This command downloads a large number of packages, and takes a long time to complete. The -l option enables yum plug-in support.

3. Install the createrepo package:

   # yum install createrepo

4. Create repository metadata for each of the sub-directories where packages were downloaded under /var/ftp/pub/rhvrepo:

   # for DIR in $(find /var/ftp/pub/rhvrepo -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d); do createrepo $DIR; done

5. Create a repository file, and copy it to the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory on the offline machine on which you will install the Manager.

   The configuration file can be created manually or with a script. Run the script below on the system hosting the repository, replacing ADDRESS in the baseurl with the IP address or FQDN of the system hosting the repository:

   #!/bin/sh
   
   REPOFILE="/etc/yum.repos.d/rhev.repo"
   echo -e " " > $REPOFILE
   
   for DIR in $(find /var/ftp/pub/rhvrepo -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d);
   do
       echo -e "[$(basename $DIR)]"	>> $REPOFILE
       echo -e "name=$(basename $DIR)" >> $REPOFILE
       echo -e "baseurl=ftp://_ADDRESS_/pub/rhvrepo/`basename $DIR`" >> $REPOFILE
       echo -e "enabled=1" >> $REPOFILE
       echo -e "gpgcheck=0" >> $REPOFILE
       echo -e "\n" >> $REPOFILE
   done