Build repository to upgrade OpenSSH, Apache & ISC Bind

[Sunhux G]

I have many VMs on RHEL 5.2 to 5.8 and a VA
scan found that the OpenSSH, Apache & ISC Bind
in them are outdated & not supported anymore.

All the VMs do not have Internet connection, so
I can't do 'yum'

I recall a few years ago, I saw somewhere in one
Redhat's support note that it's possible to build a
repository using newer version of RHEL & just
run a command against the repository to upgrade
specific software packages.

Can someone give me detailed step by step
instructions (or point me to easy-to-follow links)
on how to build this repository & the command
to upgrade OpenSSH, Apache & ISC Bind?

Should I download RHEL 5.10 or 6.x? Concerned
about going to 6.x in case the big change in the
version may break things

[m***@5-cent.us]

Post by Sunhux G
I have many VMs on RHEL 5.2 to 5.8 and a VA
scan found that the OpenSSH, Apache & ISC Bind
in them are outdated & not supported anymore.
All the VMs do not have Internet connection, so
I can't do 'yum'
I recall a few years ago, I saw somewhere in one
Redhat's support note that it's possible to build a
repository using newer version of RHEL & just
run a command against the repository to upgrade
specific software packages.
Can someone give me detailed step by step
instructions (or point me to easy-to-follow links)
on how to build this repository & the command
to upgrade OpenSSH, Apache & ISC Bind?
Should I download RHEL 5.10 or 6.x? Concerned
about going to 6.x in case the big change in the
version may break things

Absolute bare-bones minimum: update *everything* to 5.10.

google redhat local repo
<https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/sec-Yum_Repository.html>

mark

[Sunhux G]

Thanks Mark.

Copy all packages that you want to have in
your repository into one directory

Can I just copy only the Apache, OpenSSH
& ISC Bind packages & what's the filenames
of those packages that I need to copy?
Ideally don't want to upgrade the RHEL
OS if possible. Can tell me how to extract
only the required packages from the RHEL
5.10 iso image?

Also, what's the exact command to upgrade
from this repository?

SH

Post by Sunhux G
I have many VMs on RHEL 5.2 to 5.8 and a VA
scan found that the OpenSSH, Apache & ISC Bind
in them are outdated & not supported anymore.
All the VMs do not have Internet connection, so
I can't do 'yum'
I recall a few years ago, I saw somewhere in one
Redhat's support note that it's possible to build a
repository using newer version of RHEL & just
run a command against the repository to upgrade
specific software packages.
Can someone give me detailed step by step
instructions (or point me to easy-to-follow links)
on how to build this repository & the command
to upgrade OpenSSH, Apache & ISC Bind?
Should I download RHEL 5.10 or 6.x? Concerned
about going to 6.x in case the big change in the
version may break things

Absolute bare-bones minimum: update *everything* to 5.10.
google redhat local repo
<
https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/sec-Yum_Repository.html
mark
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