yum repositories

Question 1

Where are yum repository configuration files located?

Answer 1

/etc/yum.repos.d

*config file must end in .repo

Question 2

How do you view current yum repositories in use?

Answer 2

yum repolist

Question 3

How do you view enabled and disabled yum repositories?

Answer 3

yum repolist all

Question 4

How can you add a repo?

Answer 4

yum-config-manager –add-repo={https://url}

Question 5

How do you enable/disable a repo?

Answer 5

yum-config-manager –disable {repo id}
yum-config-manager –enable {repo id}
*repo id is in brackets [] in yum.repos.d

Question 6

How do you use an install iso as a local repository?

Answer 6

Mount it
mount -o loop {iso} {/mnt/point}
yum-config-manager –add-repo={ftp:///mount}

Question 7

How do you configure a repo to use gpg?

Answer 7

Download the gpg key from the base repo url
Edit {repo}.repo
Append:
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpg-gpg/{gpgkey}