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This article to create local repository using yum and to fix "there are no enabled repos" error was written while using RHEL 7 and RHEL 8, so it is safe to say that it also fully covers CentOS 7 and 8, Fedora, Oracle Enterprise Linux and generally the whole Red Hat family of operating systems and possibly Novell’s SLES and OpenSUSE.
Pre-requisites for YUM Install Without Subscription
"YUM" (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) is used for installing rpms.
You must have access to the vanilla DVD of RHEL 7.X or RHEL 8.X distribution using which your respective Linux host was installed to be able to create local repository.
How to fix "there are no enabled repos" ?
You may encounter this error on Red Hat Linux node (RHEL 7 or RHEL8 or other RHEL distribution) which are not subscribed to satellite subscription network.
Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
There are no enabled repos.
Run "yum repolist all" to see the repos you have.
You can enable repos with yum-config-manager --enable
This means that you have not registered your Linux node with Red Hat Satellite Network. This requires a valid Red Hat Subscription which is NOT Free hence many users in their lab environment prefer to create local repository using which they can access the rpms without worrying about dependencies.
In this article I will share the steps to create local repository (offline - which means can be accessed without internet) which can be used via yum without subscription.
The error "there are no enabled repos" will be common in all variants of RHEL release, and the below provided fix of RHEL 7 will be applicable for all older RHEL releases.
Create Local Repository on RHEL 7
The first step is to create local repository is to copy the RHEL 7 DVD ISO to your Linux host under a temporary location.
Here I will create local repository on my RHEL 7 Linux host
rhel-7-node:/etc/yum.repos.d # cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo)
Mount the RHEL 7 installation dvd on a mount point. For this article I had copied RHEL 7 ISO under /tmp. We will mount this ISO on /mnt which will act as a temporary mount point to create local yum repository.
# mount -o loop /ISS/rhel-server-7.4-x86_64-dvd.iso /mnt mount: /dev/loop0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
OR
If you have virtually mounted the RHEL 7 ISO DVD then you can access the ISO DVD under /dev/cdrom or /dev/srX
Here this path may vary depending upon the distribution type or the available loop device so you have to manually check this. You can use lsblk or lssci command to get the mount point of RHEL 7 ISO
For example:
[root@rhel-8-node ~]# lsscsi
[0:0:0:0] cd/dvd VBOX CD-ROM 1.0 /dev/sr0
[1:0:0:0] cd/dvd VBOX CD-ROM 1.0 /dev/sr1
[2:0:0:0] disk ATA VBOX HARDDISK 1.0 /dev/sda
[3:0:0:0] disk ATA VBOX HARDDISK 1.0 /dev/sdb
[6:0:0:0] disk ATA VBOX HARDDISK 1.0 /dev/sdc
Here I have two CD-ROM available /dev/sr0 and /dev/sr1.
Next I will use this path and mount it on another mount point to be able to access the content of RHEL 7 DVD so that I can create local repository.
# /mount /dev/sr0 /mnt
Now we have our RHEL 7 ISO DVD mounted on /mnt.
Next check the content of the DVD as accordingly we will prepare our yum repo file.
rhel-7-node:~ # cd /mnt
rhel-7-node:/mnt # ls -l
total 934
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Jul 11 2017 addons
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 56 Jul 11 2017 .discinfo
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Jul 11 2017 EFI
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 8266 Apr 4 2014 EULA
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1455 Jul 11 2017 extra_files.json
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 18092 Mar 6 2012 GPL
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Jul 11 2017 images
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 11 2017 isolinux
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 11 2017 LiveOS
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 114 Jul 11 2017 media.repo
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 901120 Jul 11 2017 Packages
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 11 2017 repodata
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3375 Jun 29 2017 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 3211 Jun 29 2017 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1796 Jul 11 2017 TRANS.TBL
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1900 Jul 11 2017 .treeinfo
We need to look out for "repodata" directory which means the yum repository files for "Packages" is under /mnt so this will be our baseurl.
Let me show you what this would mean. Next we need to create a repo file under /yum.repos.d
Create yum repository file
Now to use yum install without subscription we need a repo file. Navigate inside /etc/yum.repos.d and create a new file with ".repo" as an extension. You can give any name to the file. For this article I will use "rhel-dvd.repo"
rhel-7-node:/etc/yum.repos.d # cat rhel-dvd.repo [rhel-7-dvd] name = RHEL 7 ISO DVD baseurl = file:///mnt enabled = 1 gpgcheck = 0
Next clean the cache of any existing repo as this would lead to un-necessary failure messages while trying to use yum install without subscription
rhel-7-node:/etc/yum.repos.d # yum clean all Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register. Cleaning repos: rhel-7-dvd Cleaning up everything
Next list the available yum repository on your RHEL 7 Linux node:
rhel-7-node:/etc/yum.repos.d # yum repolist
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
rhel-7-dvd | 4.1 kB 00:00:00
(1/2): rhel-7-dvd/group_gz | 137 kB 00:00:00
(2/2): rhel-7-dvd/primary_d | 4.0 MB 00:00:00
repo id repo name status
rhel-7-dvd RHEL 7 ISO DVD 4,986
repolist: 4,986
Now our yum repository is configured and you should not get "there are noenabled repos" error, so you can try to install any rpm (which is available in this repo) using "yum install <rpm_name>".
Create Local Repository on RHEL 8
Similar to RHEL 7 you must copy the RHEL ISO DVD on your RHEL 8 Linux host to use yum install without subscription under a temporary location. If you have a virtual media then you can also mount your RHEL 8 ISO to the virtual media and then later mount it on a mount point for example /mnt
Here I have a RHEL 8 Beta Linux host
[root@rhel-8-node ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.0 Beta (Ootpa)
Next we will mount our RHEL 8 DVD on /mnt. Since for RHEL 7 we had copied the ISO to the host, here we will perform the other scenario i.e. I have mounted RHEL 8 ISO to the virtual media and is available at /dev/sr0
So let me mount /dev/sr0 on /mnt to be able to access the RHEL 8 ISO content:
[root@rhel-8-node ~]# mount -o loop /dev/sr0 /mnt
Verify if the RHEL 8 ISO is properly mounted:
[root@rhel-8-node ~]# mount | grep mnt /dev/sr0 on /mnt type iso9660 (ro,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048)
Next check the content of the RHEL 8 ISO DVD so accordingly we will create our yum repository. As you see we do not have "repodata" directory under /mnt
[root@rhel-8-node mnt]# ls -l total 11 dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Nov 13 2018 AppStream dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Nov 13 2018 BaseOS dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Nov 13 2018 EFI dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Nov 13 2018 images dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Nov 13 2018 isolinux -r--r--r-- 1 root root 442 Nov 13 2018 TRANS.TBL
But instead we have "repodata" and "Packages" under /mnt/AppStream
[root@rhel-8-node mnt]# ls -l AppStream/ total 934 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8266 Sep 27 2018 EULA -r--r--r-- 1 root root 18092 Sep 27 2018 GPL dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 915456 Nov 13 2018 Packages dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Nov 13 2018 repodata -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3375 Sep 27 2018 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6636 Sep 27 2018 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release -r--r--r-- 1 root root 904 Nov 13 2018 TRANS.TBL
Similarly we have another "repodata" and "Packages" directory under /mnt/BaseOS
[root@rhel-8-node mnt]# ls -l BaseOS/ total 336 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8266 Sep 27 2018 EULA -r--r--r-- 1 root root 18092 Sep 27 2018 GPL dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 303104 Nov 13 2018 Packages dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Nov 13 2018 repodata -r--r--r-- 1 root root 3375 Sep 27 2018 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta -r--r--r-- 1 root root 6636 Sep 27 2018 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release -r--r--r-- 1 root root 904 Nov 13 2018 TRANS.TBL
The architecture of RHEL 8 DVD is different compared to RHEL 7 ISO.
Create yum repository file
Next we will create a yum repository file which the location of Packages under RHEL 8 ISO to be able to use yum install without subscription. Here I have created rhel_dvd.repo file with below content:
[root@rhel-8-node ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel_dvd.repo [rhel_dvd_baseos] name=rhel dvd baseos baseurl=file:///mnt/BaseOS enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 [rhel_dvd_appstream] name=rhel dvd appstream baseurl=file:///mnt/AppStream enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
Since we have two repo location under the RHEL 8 ISO, hence we have provided two baseurl and details.
Next before we start to use yum install without subscription, let us clear the yum repository cache
[root@rhel-8-node ~]# yum clean all Updating Subscription Management repositories. Unable to read consumer identity This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register. Updating Subscription Management repositories. Unable to read consumer identity This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register. 12 files removed
Next list the available repositories:
[root@rhel-8-node ~]# yum repolist
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:30 ago on Sun 23 Jun 2019 05:03:45 PM IST.
repo id repo name status
rhel_dvd_appstream rhel dvd appstream 4,594
rhel_dvd_baseos rhel dvd baseos 1,686
YUM Alternative - DNF
You can also use "dnf" command instead of "yum" command to perform yum install without subscription. For example:
To list the available repos:
[root@rhel-8-node ~]# dnf repolist
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:19 ago on Sun 23 Jun 2019 05:03:45 PM IST.
repo id repo name status
rhel_dvd_appstream rhel dvd appstream 4,594
rhel_dvd_baseos rhel dvd baseos 1,686
Similarly to install a rpm along with it's dependencies use
# dnf install
/etc/fstab
/dev/sr0 /mnt iso9660 defaults 0 0
Lastly I hope the steps from the article to create local repository to fix "there are no enabled repos" error and to be able to use yum install without subscription on RHEL7/8 Linux was helpful. So, let me know your suggestions and feedback using the comment section.
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