Execute the following commands on the CentOS / RHEL client machines that you want to use the local repository.

The configuration file created below uses variables, so it will work with v6 or v7 of CentOS / RHEL and either i386 or x86_64.

• Type echo '[rpmforge]' > /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo and press Enter
• Type echo 'name=RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo and press Enter
• Type echo 'baseurl=http://centos15.box293.local/yumrpms/repoforge/redhat/el$releasever/en/$basearch/rpmforge/RPMS/' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo and press Enter
• Type echo 'enabled=1' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and press Enter
• Type echo 'gpgcheck=1' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo and press Enter
• Type echo 'gpgkey=http://centos15.box293.local/yumrpms/repoforge/pki/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag' >> /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo and press Enter

OR paste the following text into a new file /etc/yum.repos.d/rpmforge.repo

[rpmforge]
name=RHEL $releasever - RPMforge.net - dag
baseurl=http://centos15.box293.local/yumrpms/repoforge/redhat/el$releasever/en/$basearch/rpmforge/RPMS/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://centos15.box293.local/yumrpms/repoforge/pki/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag

This command will show you if the repository was found and will be used:

• Type yum repolist and press Enter

This should output something like:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
repo id                            repo name                                             status
base                               CentOS-6 - Base                                       4,968
extras                             CentOS-6 - Extras                                        40
rpmforge                           RHEL 6 - RPMforge.net - dag                           4,792
updates                            CentOS-6 - Updates                                    1,255
repolist: 11,055


OR:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
repo id                            repo name                                     status
base/7/x86_64                      CentOS-7 - Base                               9,007
extras/7/x86_64                    CentOS-7 - Extras                               265
rpmforge/7/x86_64                  RHEL 7 - RPMforge.net - dag                     245
updates/7/x86_64                   CentOS-7 - Updates                            1,405
repolist: 10,922



Can These Be Used With RedHat (RHEL)

Most certainly, there is one change required. In the client config above you will see the following being used:

$releasever

On CentOS this will simply be a number like 5 or 6. In RHEL this might report as 5Server or 6Server and cause the client config not to work. To fix this, just use the number instead of the variable, for example:

    http://centos15.box293.local/yumrpms/repoforge/redhat/el6/en/$basearch/rpmforge/RPMS/