[CentOS] For building my local repo, how large is 5.4 update?

[Robert Moskowitz]

ML wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
>   
>> I have run a local repo for Centos updates for some time.
>>     
>
> You actually bring up a good item here. I am starting to learn more  
> and deploy CentOS. I should run a local repo too, save bandwidth, etc.
>
> Do you have a tutorial for setting up a local repository? Can one  
> store, say multiple versions , just in case?

I have never automated my process, and I have as many versions as I want 
to blow disk space on.

For the base OS, the script that is running right now is:

# cat basesync.sh
#!/bin/sh
rsync -avu rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.4/os/i386/ \
--delete --exclude=debug/ /repos/centos/5.4/os/i386

For updates:

# cat updatesync.sh
#!/bin/sh
rsync -auv rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.4/updates/i386/ \
--delete --exclude=debug/ /repos/centos/5.4/updates/i386

'Traditionally' I run the updates script whenever I see a Centos 
Annoucement of new rpms.

I have a symlink of /repos/centos to /var/www/html so I then setup my 
/etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo to have:

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
baseurl=http://repo.htt-consult.com/centos/5.n/os/$basearch/


Where 5.n is the version I am running on that box. I also have a symlink 
of the current version to /repos/centos/5 so I can just use 
/centos/5/.... for the current version. I have to update that symlink 
today from 5.3 to 5.4...

Oh there is a similar line for [updates].


I recently deleted my repos for FC9 and rsynced the repos for FC11. 
There I have a bit more to exclude.

On a fresh install I boot into 'linux askmethod' off CD 1, and provide 
the URL for the base repo to install off my local repo which is faster 
than flipping through 6 CDs (and more reliable). I suspect it would even 
be faster than the 1 DVD, if I had servers here with DVD drives on them!