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preinstall epel repo config

dnf install epel-release

Add repository config variables

echo [VERSION] > /etc/yum/vars/releasever
echo [CONTENTDIR] > /etc/yum/vars/contentdir

# i.e.
# echo 9.1 > /etc/yum/vars/releasever
# echo vault/rocky > /etc/yum/vars/contentdir

Script to pin Rocky repository urls to specific release version

• run with privledges

sudo -i
sed -e 's|^mirrorlist=|#mirrorlist=|g' \
         -e 's|^#baseurl=|baseurl=|g' \
         -i.bak \
         /etc/yum.repos.d/rocky.*.repo

• Need to update the EPEL repository URL as well

  Code Block
  vim /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-modular.repo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-cisco-openh264.repo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo

  • comment out metalink property

    Code Block
    #metalink=https://mirrors.fed...

  • set baseurl property

    Code Block
    baseurl=[URL]

    • 

    • Can use this or another mirror property
      https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/epel/