Yum local mirror list

by strikeforce — last modified Feb 24, 2008 05:42 PM

— filed under: Post-Install Solutions

Some local mirrors are not listed in the fedora mirror list. This will explain how to create your own mirror list and use your own mirror list to speed up connecting to the repositories.

Applicable to Fedora Versions

Fedora 7
Fedora 8

Requirements

You will need to know your edit program such as Gedit

Doing the Work

Create the core Mirror List

su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/local.mirror'

Put each mirror on each line like shown

# local mirrorlist for Australia
http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
http://mirror.optus.net/fedora/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
ftp://ftp.netcraft.com.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/

Open your repository file

su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo'

Edit your repository file to show the bolded area

[fedora]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/os/
#mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch
mirrorlist=file:///etc/yum.repos.d/local.mirror
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[fedora-debuginfo]
name=Fedora $releasever - $basearch - Debug
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/$basearch/debug/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-debug-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[fedora-source]
name=Fedora $releasever - Source
failovermethod=priority
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/$releasever/Everything/source/SRPMS/
mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-source-$releasever&arch=$basearch
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

This will enable yum to use your local mirror file. This can be done with any repository file using the same method

Troubleshooting

How to test

Run yum to see if there is a speed increase in connecting to the repository

yum list all

Typical errors that are encountered are due to errors in your files that you have edited please double check them

Common problems and fixes

More Information

Disclaimer

We test this stuff on our own machines, really we do. But you may run into problems, if you do, come to #fedora on irc.freenode.net

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