Configuring a Local Package Repository

You can create a package repository for Cloudera Manager either by hosting an internal web repository or by manually copying the repository files to the Cloudera Manager Server host for distribution to Cloudera Manager Agent hosts.

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Creating a Permanent Internal Repository

The following sections describe how to create a permanent internal repository using Apache HTTP Server:

Setting Up a Web server

To host an internal repository, you must install or use an existing Web server on an internal host that is reachable by the Cloudera Manager host, and then download the repository files to the Web server host. The examples in this section use Apache HTTP Server as the Web server. If you already have a Web server in your organization, you can skip to Downloading and publishing the package repository for Cloudera Manager.

Install Apache HTTP Server:

RHEL / CentOS

sudo yum install httpd

SLES

sudo zypper install httpd

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install httpd

Start Apache HTTP Server:
RHEL 7, 8
```
sudo systemctl start httpd
```
SLES 12, Ubuntu 16 or later
```
sudo systemctl start apache2
```

Downloading and publishing the package repository for Cloudera Manager

Download the package repository for the product you want to install:
Cloudera Manager 7
Do the following steps to download the files for a Cloudera Manager release:
1. Run the following command to create a local repository directory to hold the Cloudera package repository:
```
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/cloudera-repos/cm7
```
2. Run the following command to download the repository tarball for your operating system:
```
wget https://[username]:[password]@archive.cloudera.com/p/cm7/7.0.3/repo-as-tarball/cm7.0.3-redhat7.tar.gz
```
3. Run the following command to unpack the tarball into the local repository directory:
```
tar xvfz cm7.0.3-redhat7.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/cloudera-repos/cm7 --strip-components=1
```
4. Run the following command to modify the file permission that allows you to download the files under the local repository directory:
```
sudo chmod -R ugo+rX /var/www/html/cloudera-repos/cm7
```
Visit the Repository URL http://<web_server>/cloudera-repos/ in your browser and verify the files you downloaded are present.
important
If you do not see the list of downloaded files in your web browser, then you might have been configured not to display indexes. Verify your web browser settings.

important

If you downloaded the rpm files individually instead of using repo-as-tarball, ensure that the allkeys*.asc files (allkeys.asc and the allkeyssha256.asc for Cloudera Manager 7.11.2 and later versions) are present at the top level of the package repository. The allkeys*.asc files are included in the repo-as-tarball file. Ensure to include allkeys*.asc files, if you are manually copying the package files between hosts.

The allkeys*.asc files are used to validate the signatures of the package files during host installation. If allkeys*.asc files are not available in the repository, then you cannot add a host in the Cloudera Manager.

Creating a Temporary Internal Repository

You can quickly create a temporary remote repository to deploy packages on a one-time basis. Cloudera recommends using the same host that runs Cloudera Manager, or a gateway host. This example uses Python SimpleHTTPServer as the Web server to host the /var/www/html directory, but you can use a different directory.

Download the repository you need following the instructions in Downloading and publishing the package repository for Cloudera Manager.
Determine a port that your system is not listening on. This example uses port 8900.

Start a Python SimpleHTTPServer in the /var/www/html directory:

cd /var/www/html
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8900

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8900 ...

Visit the Repository URL http://<web_server>:8900/cloudera-repos/ in your browser and verify the files you downloaded are present.

Configuring Hosts to Use the Internal Repository

After establishing the repository, modify the client configuration to use it:


OS	Procedure
RHEL compatible	Create `/etc/yum.repos.d/cloudera-repo.repo` files on cluster hosts with the following content, where `<web_server>` is the hostname of the Web server: `[cloudera-repo] name=cloudera-repo baseurl=http://<web_server>/cm/5 enabled=1 gpgcheck=0`
SLES	Use the `zypper` utility to update client system repository information by issuing the following command: `zypper addrepo http://<web_server>/cm <alias>`
Ubuntu	Create `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera-repo.list` files on all cluster hosts with the following content, where `<web_server>` is the hostname of the Web server: `deb http://<web_server>/cm <codename> <components>` You can find the `<codename>` and `<components>` variables in the `./conf/distributions` file in the repository. After creating the `.list` file, run the following command: `sudo apt-get update`