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Offline Updates

If you are using ClearOS in an environment where you cannot get software updates you may want to get those updates and apply them to a that offline server. Some run ClearOS in this mode because the server must be secure and not connected to the Internet. This can create some difficulty when trying fix bug related problems. This method will help you grab the required updates so that they can be moved to the new system.

Requirements

You will want a 'shadow' system running ClearOS at the same patch level or at a patch level previous to the system you want to update. This can be done as a VM for easy management purposes. On this 'shadow' system download and install the yum 'download only' package.

Getting and Installing

Make a directory on the shadow server as a place for the update files:

mkdir /root/updates.current

Get updates with yum:

yum update -y --downloadonly --downloaddir=/root/updates.current

You should get a lot of messages from the server that looks something like this:

Loading "downloadonly" plugin
Loading "protect-packages" plugin
Loading "kmod" plugin
base-kernels                                             |  951 B     00:00     
base-updates                                             |  951 B     00:00     
clearcentos-os                                           |  951 B     00:00     
base-supplements                                         |  951 B     00:00     
base-os                                                  | 1.1 kB     00:00     
clearcentos-updates                                      |  951 B     00:00     
base-console                                             |  951 B     00:00     
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gcc-gfortran.i386 0:4.1.2-52.el5_8.1 set to be updated
---> Package libobjc.i386 0:4.1.2-52.el5_8.1 set to be updated
---> Package openssl.i686 0:0.9.8e-22.el5_8.4 set to be updated
...
---> Package libstdc++.i386 0:4.1.2-52.el5_8.1 set to be updated
---> Package bind-libs.i386 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1 set to be updated
---> Package wget.i386 0:1.11.4-3.el5_8.2 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 kernel                  i686       2.6.18-308.1.1.v5  base-updates       19 M
Updating:
 app-firewall            i386       5.2-45           base-updates       87 k
 app-remote-backup       i386       5.2-45           base-updates       96 k
 bind-libs               i386       30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1  clearcentos-updates  864 k
 bind-utils              i386       30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1  clearcentos-updates  174 k
...
 openssl-devel           i386       0.9.8e-22.el5_8.4  clearcentos-updates  1.9 M
 tar                     i386       2:1.15.1-32.el5_8  clearcentos-updates  748 k
 tzdata                  i386       2012c-1.el5      clearcentos-updates  766 k
 wget                    i386       1.11.4-3.el5_8.2  clearcentos-updates  582 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)         
Update      31 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 77 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/32): wget-1.11.4-3.el5_8.2.i386.rpm                   | 582 kB     00:00     
(2/32): bind-libs-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1.i386.rpm           | 864 kB     00:01     
(3/32): libstdc++-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1.i386.rpm              | 363 kB     00:00     
(4/32): glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.2.i686.rpm                    | 5.3 MB     00:06     
...
(29/32): openais-0.80.6-36.el5_8.2.i386.rpm              | 404 kB     00:00     
(30/32): openssl-0.9.8e-22.el5_8.4.i686.rpm              | 1.5 MB     00:02     
(31/32): libobjc-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1.i386.rpm               | 105 kB     00:00     
(32/32): gcc-gfortran-4.1.2-52.el5_8.1.i386.rpm          | 3.1 MB     00:04     


exiting because --downloadonly specified 

Verify that the files are now contained in /root/updates.current

ls /root/updates.current/

Finishing up

You may or may not want to update your shadow server's filed to the current version depending on what works best for your environment.

Copy those files via USB or other device to your target server and install them there.

yum install /path/to/files/*.rpm
Loading "protect-packages" plugin
Loading "kmod" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Examining ./app-firewall-5.2-45.i386.rpm: app-firewall - 5.2-45.i386
Marking ./app-firewall-5.2-45.i386.rpm as an update to app-firewall - 5.2-10.i386
Examining ./app-remote-backup-5.2-45.i386.rpm: app-remote-backup - 5.2-45.i386
Marking ./app-remote-backup-5.2-45.i386.rpm as an update to app-remote-backup - 5.2-38.i386
Examining ./bind-libs-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1.i386.rpm: bind-libs - 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1.i386
Marking ./bind-libs-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1.i386.rpm as an update to bind-libs - 30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5.i386
...
Examining ./tzdata-2012c-1.el5.i386.rpm: tzdata - 2012c-1.el5.i386
Marking ./tzdata-2012c-1.el5.i386.rpm as an update to tzdata - 2012b-3.el5.i386
Examining ./wget-1.11.4-3.el5_8.2.i386.rpm: wget - 1.11.4-3.el5_8.2.i386
Marking ./wget-1.11.4-3.el5_8.2.i386.rpm as an update to wget - 1.11.4-3.el5_8.1.i386
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package gcc-gfortran.i386 0:4.1.2-52.el5_8.1 set to be updated
---> Package libobjc.i386 0:4.1.2-52.el5_8.1 set to be updated
---> Package tzdata.i386 0:2012c-1.el5 set to be updated
...
---> Package libstdc++.i386 0:4.1.2-52.el5_8.1 set to be updated
---> Package openais.i386 0:0.80.6-36.el5_8.2 set to be updated
---> Package wget.i386 0:1.11.4-3.el5_8.2 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing:
 kernel                  i686       2.6.18-308.1.1.v5  ./kernel-2.6.18-308.1.1.v5.i686.rpm   49 M
Updating:
 app-firewall            i386       5.2-45           ./app-firewall-5.2-45.i386.rpm  391 k
 app-remote-backup       i386       5.2-45           ./app-remote-backup-5.2-45.i386.rpm  576 k
 bind-libs               i386       30:9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1  ./bind-libs-9.3.6-20.P1.el5_8.1.i386.rpm  2.0 M
...
 tzdata                  i386       2012c-1.el5      ./tzdata-2012c-1.el5.i386.rpm  1.8 M
 wget                    i386       1.11.4-3.el5_8.2  ./wget-1.11.4-3.el5_8.2.i386.rpm  1.4 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      1 Package(s)         
Update      31 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 209 M
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