# Installation instructions of a local mirror with ELS updates

We provide the ability to create local mirrors of Endless Lifecycle Support and Extended Security Updates repositories.

# Prerequisites

Before creating a local mirror, ensure the following requirements are met:

• Access: To obtain access to the local mirroring facility, provide your external IP address to your Account Manager or send it to sales@tuxcare.com
• Connection: The mirroring uses rsync over TCP port 873 (not port 22)
• Disk Space: The minimum required free disk space for the mirror is 100 GB

# Mirroring Instructions

To create a local mirror, use one of the following sets of instructions based on your operating system.

# CentOS 6 ELS

To create a local mirror of the centos6-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/CENTOS6ELS/

To create a local mirror of the CentOS 6 mirrors, use the following:

rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/CENTOS6/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/CENTOS6ELS/ .
rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/CENTOS6/ .

# CentOS 7 ELS

To create a local mirror of the centos7-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/CENTOS7ELS/

To create a local mirror of the CentOS 7 repository, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/CENTOS7/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/CENTOS7ELS/ .
rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/CENTOS7/ .

# CentOS 8 ELS

To create a local mirror of the CentOS 8 ELS repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

CentOS 8.4CentOS 8.5

rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/CENTOS84_ELS/

For example:

CentOS 8.4CentOS 8.5

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/CENTOS84_ELS/ .

# CentOS Stream 8 ELS

To create a local mirror of the centos8stream-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/CENTOS8STREAMELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/CENTOS8STREAMELS/ .

# Debian 10 ELS

To create a local mirror of the debian10-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/DEBIAN10ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/DEBIAN10ELS/ .

# OracleLinux 6 ELS

To create a local mirror of the oraclelinux6-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/ORALINUX6ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/ORALINUX6ELS/ .

# OracleLinux 7 ELS

To create a local mirror of the oraclelinux7-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/ORACLELINUX7ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/ORACLELINUX7ELS/ .

# Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ELS

To create a local mirror of the rhel7-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/RHEL7ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/RHEL7ELS/ .

# Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 ELS

To create a local mirror of the rhel8-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/RHEL8ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/RHEL8ELS/ .

# Amazon Linux 2 ELS

To create a local mirror of the amazonlinux2-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/AMAZONLINUX2ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/AMAZONLINUX2ELS/ .

# Ubuntu 16.04 ELS

To create a local mirror of the ubuntu16_04-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/UBUNTU1604ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/UBUNTU1604ELS/ .

# Ubuntu 18.04 ELS

To create a local mirror of the ubuntu18_04-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/UBUNTU1804ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.cloudlinux.com/UBUNTU1804ELS/ .

# Ubuntu 20.04 ELS

To create a local mirror of the ubuntu20_04-els repository with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/UBUNTU2004ELS/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/UBUNTU2004ELS/ .

# AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU

To create a local mirror of the tuxcare-base and tuxcare-esu repositories with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/ALMALINUX92ESU/

To create a local mirror of the AlmaLinux 9.2 repository, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/ALMALINUX/9.2/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/ALMALINUX92ESU/ .
rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/ALMALINUX/9.2/ .

# TuxCare 9.6 ESU

These instructions apply to AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU and Rocky Linux 9.6 ESU.

To create a local mirror of the tuxcare-base and tuxcare-esu repositories with security updates via rsync, use the following:

rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/TUXCARE96ESU/

For example:

rsync -avSHP --delete rsync://repo.tuxcare.com/TUXCARE96ESU/ .

When configuring machines to use a local mirror for the TuxCare 9.6 ESU repository, set priority=1 in the tuxcare-esu repo so ESU packages override the standard repos. Below is an example /etc/yum.repos.d/tuxcare-esu.repo file for TuxCare 9.6 ESU:

[tuxcare-esu96]
name=TuxCare Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux 9.6 - ESU (local mirror)
baseurl=https://mirror.corp.lan/tuxcare/9.6/esu/x86_64/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
skip_if_unavailable=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-TuxCare
priority=1

source /etc/os-release
echo "TuxCare Enterprise Support for ${NAME} release ${VERSION_ID}" > /etc/tuxcare-release