Configure Offline Repository CentOS5 A

This article describe the configuration of CentOS packages manager for a system that does not have access to TelcoBridges repository (no internet access).

Download TelcoBridges repository

Download the ISO image of TelcoBridges repository on a machine that has access to the system.

http://repo.telcobridges.com/centos/5/isos/x86_64/tb_centos5_x86_64_repo.iso

Upload TelcoBridges repository to the system

Upload the ISO file to the "/root" directory of the system with scp or an SFTP tool like FileZilla

Mount the ISO file on the system

Mount the ISO file on your system

# mkdir -p /repo/centos/5
# mount -t iso9660 -o loop /root/tb_centos5_x86_64_repo.iso /repo/centos/5

Change TelcoBridges repository file

Edit the TB-Base.repo file

# vim /etc/yum.repos.d/TB-Base.repo

Change [tb-base] baseurl line to:

baseurl=file:///repo/centos/5/os/$basearch/

Change [tb-updates] baseurl line to:

baseurl=file:///repo/centos/5/updates/$basearch/

Clean metadata

# yum clean metadata
# yum update

Other Links

• Here is a link to upgrade the Telcobridges Linux
• Here is a link to Update a TelcoBridges linux OS without internet access
• Here is a link to Update a CentOS 7 operating system without internet access