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How to create ISO file with EuroLinux repositories

Creating ISO that contains RPM repositories is a straightforward process. First you have to mirror repositories locally - mirroring is described in Mirror EuroLinux Locally How To.

To create an ISO file, you need mkiso command that is part of genisoimage package. You can install it with the following command:

sudo yum install -y genisoimage

Creating ISO with repositories

In the example below, we create ISO from the repositories saved in /repos directory the output is saved to /var/eurolinux-repos.iso. 

sudo mkisofs -R -J -o /var/eurolinux-repos.iso /repos/

This file could be:

  • locally copied to the machine that will be using it
  • added to ISOs pool of Virtual Machine manager/orchestrator or cloud computing platform of your choice

Mounting ISO from local file

Mounting local ISO file is as simple as:

sudo mount -o loop /PATH/TO/ISO /MOUNT/PATH

example:

sudo mount -o loop /var/eurolinux-repos.iso /mnt/mirror

Mounting ISO from virtual cd-rom device

Mounting CD-ROM device is as simple as:

sudo mount /dev/DEVICE /MOUNT/PATH

The following example has ISO mounted as CD-ROM device /dev/sr0:

sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/mirror

Using locally mounted ISO with RPM repositories

To use the repositories, that the ISO file provides, create a proper .repo file that resides inside /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.

Here is an example /etc/yum.repos.d/local-iso.repo file for EuroLinux 7 and the ISO image attached to /mnt/mirror directory.

[base]
name = EuroLinux 7 x86_64 Base
baseurl=file:///mnt/mirror/eurolinux-os-7/
enabled=1
# Disabled gpgcheck, enable if el-release is already installed on your system
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7

[updates]
name = EuroLinux 7 x86_64 Updates
baseurl=file:///mnt/mirror/eurolinux-updates-7/
enabled=1
# Disabled gpgcheck, enable if el-release is already installed on your system
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-eurolinux7