update my fedora computers from my own server.

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 08/31/2012 03:05 PM, G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
> On 08/30/2012 10:35 PM, Edward M wrote:
>>
>> I'm wondering, if is possible to setup a fedora 17 rsync,etc server,
>> download  new fedora 17 bugs/security updates to it, then update my
>> fedora 17 computers from my fedora 17 rsync, etc server, so this way i
>> dont have to use the internet to update
>>   each one of them?
>>
> Absolutely possible.
>
> I have an rsync'd locl mirror of Fedora on my main machine, an
> apache/httpd server share of it, and all my other fedora machines use
> the local mirror instead of going to the internet all the time.
>
> I have a large filesystem mounted on /srv, and have a /srv/Fedora tree
> that mirrors the TDS mirror.
> I (g)rsync the mirrors about once a day.
> My local httpd server is set up to serve these local copies at
> host.private:/pub/fedora/linux/.....
> Virtual machines and other test machines on my local net reference this
> mirror all the time.

I am using a very similar setup, except that I mirror into a local ftp 
server, which then is accessed by my local machines.

> If you need specific setup details, just ask.
How did you resolve the problem of the "upward repo" becoming 
corrupt/out-of-sync/going in an inconsistent state[1]?

Ralf

[1] Background: I am locally mirroring a fast, nearby offical Fedora 
mirror, which occasionally goes gets out-of-sync with the  "Fedora master".