How Can I Create Local CloudLinux Repository Mirror?

Issue

How can I create a local CloudLinux repository mirror?

Environment

• CloudLinux OS mirrors only 

Solution

This article only applies to CloudLinux OS (not ELS for CentOS/Oracle/Ubuntu) mirrors.
CloudLinux mirror requires a bit more than a typical repository mirror setup. We set up CLN proxy software to accommodate for authentication done by the yum-rhn-plugin plugin.

Important: To qualify as a CLN mirror, you need to have more than 50 CloudLinux server licenses.

1. To host a mirror, please set up the server with the following requirements:

• VM with at least 4GB of RAM and 300GB of disk space running AlmaLinux OS;
• The FQDA domain name with A record pointed to the IP address of this server, for example, cl-mirror.yourdomain.com;
• The following SSH key added to root account (or other account used for ssh with sudo privileges):

ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJh4p7SzrinfAVQgRkfaO6A1AjNwJ3eHoHTQlaiwlaQF [e-mail]

• The firewall should be configured to allow:

• • sshd 22 TCP port from 77.79.198.0/26
  • node exporter 9100 and 9256 TCP ports from 77.79.198.0/26
  • http/https 80/443 from all IPv4/IPv6
  • Incoming rsync traffic from 107.155.119.75

Please note: this should be a fresh server that is not used in production for other tasks.

2. Then create a support ticket and send us:

• your CLN login name;
• server access details;
• domain name assigned for the server.

3. Our team will install and configure a web server with a proxy for the CLN network and synchronize the repository data. 
4. When the mirror is set up, it will be added to our list (http://repo.cloudlinux.com/cloudlinux/mirrorlists/cln-mirrors) and will be available for use to the CloudLinux customers.
5. ETA is about 3-5 business days.

Useful links

You can find the instructions for ELS for CentOS/Oracle/Ubuntu mirrors in the documentation.