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=== About ===

== About ==

If you have several SME installations to update you can save time and bandwidth by using a local repository.

If you have several SME installations to update you can save time and bandwidth by using a local repository.

=== Installation ===

== Installation ==

From the server-manager create an [[http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter14 | ibay]] with the following properties:

From the server-manager create an [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter14 | ibay]] with the following properties:

* name: repos

* name: repos

* group: Admin

* group: Admin

Add the following rsync job to the newly created template fragment. All directories we do not want to sync are disabled with the <tt>--exclude</tt> parameter except for the 'smeupdates' directory which we want to replicate:

Add the following rsync job to the newly created template fragment. All directories we do not want to sync are disabled with the <tt>--exclude</tt> parameter except for the 'smeupdates' directory which we want to replicate:

   # Rsync SME-Server updates to local repository at 21 minutes after the hour, every two hours. Standard output is deleted (> /dev/null)

   # Rsync SME-Server updates to local repository at 21 minutes after the hour, every two hours. Standard output is deleted (> /dev/null)

   21 */2  * * *  root /usr/bin/rsync -aHhimOSz --partial --timeout 300 --delay-updates --delete-after --delete --max-delete 1000 --exclude 'contribs/' --exclude 'mirrorlist/' --exclude 'obsolete/' --exclude 'testing/' --exclude 'iso/' --exclude 'smeaddons/' --exclude 'smecontribs/' --exclude 'smedev/' --exclude 'smeextras/' --exclude 'smeos/' --exclude 'smetest/' --exclude 'smeupdates-testing/' --exclude 'SRPMS/' ibiblio.org::Linux/distributions/smeserver /home/e-smith/files/ibays/repos/html/ > /dev/null

   21 */2  * * *  root /usr/bin/rsync -aHhimOSz --partial --timeout 300 --delay-updates --delete-after --delete --max-delete 1000 --exclude 'contribs/' --exclude 'mirrorlist/' --exclude 'obsolete/' --exclude 'testing/' --exclude 'iso/' --exclude 'smeaddons/' --exclude 'smecontribs/' --exclude 'smedev/' --exclude 'smeextras/' --exclude 'smeos/' --exclude 'smetest/' --exclude 'smeupdates-testing/' --exclude 'SRPMS/' distro.ibiblio.org::smeserver /home/e-smith/files/ibays/repos/html/ > /dev/null

To activate the new fragment:

To activate the new fragment:

{{Tip box|If you would want to see what directories are offered by ibiblio.org you can run the following command:

{{Tip box|If you would want to see what directories are offered by ibiblio.org you can run the following command:

   rsync ibiblio.org::Linux/distributions/smeserver/}}

   rsync distro.ibiblio.org::smeserver/}}

=== Client configuration ===

== Client configuration ==

In the 'client' servers who will download their updates from this local repository we will disable the standard smeupdates repo:

In the 'client' servers who will download their updates from this local repository we will disable the standard smeupdates repo:

   /sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories setprop smeupdates status disabled

   /sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories setprop smeupdates status disabled

And we will ad our own local repository. '''Replace the''' <tt><yourServersIP or FQDN></tt> '''part with the IP-address or the Fully Qualified Domain Name from the repo-server you created above''':

And we will ad our own local repository. Replace the '''<tt><yourServersIP or FQDN></tt>''' part with the IP-address or the Fully Qualified Domain Name from the repo-server you created above and '''<tt><SME RELEASE></tt>''' with the version of SME (eg.: 8, 9, ...):

   /sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set smeupdates-local repository \

   /sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories set smeupdates-local repository \

   Name 'SME Server - updates (local)' \

   Name 'SME Server - updates (local)' \

   BaseURL 'http://<yourServersIP or FQDN>/repos/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates/$basearch' \

   BaseURL '<nowiki>http://</nowiki><u><yourServersIP or FQDN></u>/repos/smeserver/releases/<u><SME RELEASE></u>/smeupdates/$basearch' \

   EnableGroups yes \

   EnableGroups yes \

   GPGCheck yes \

   GPGCheck yes \

   yum clean all

   yum clean all

 

== Uninstall ==

=== Uninstall ===

To completely remove this installation we need to do things on the server and all the previously configured clients.

To completely remove this installation we need to do things on the server and all the previously configured clients.

==== server ====

=== server ===

Remove the cronjob template fragment and activate this change:

Remove the cronjob template fragment and activate this change:

   rm /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/91_rsync_repos

   rm /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/91_rsync_repos

The 'repos' ibay and all of it's containing files can be completely removed from the server-manager.

The 'repos' ibay and all of it's containing files can be completely removed from the server-manager.

==== clients ====

=== clients ===

Te re-enable the default smeupdates repository and delete our local repository, run:

Te re-enable the default smeupdates repository and delete our local repository, run:

   /sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories setprop smeupdates status enabled

   /sbin/e-smith/db yum_repositories setprop smeupdates status enabled

[[Category: Howto]]

[[Category: Howto]]