How to activate CentOS 6 ELS with an activation key?

Issue

How to activate CentOS 6 ELS with an activation key?

Environment

• CentOS 6 ELS

Solution

To enable the CentOS 6 ELS repository on a server, follow these steps:

1. Download an installer script:

wget https://repo.cloudlinux.com/centos6-els/install-centos6-els-repo.py

2. Run the installer script with an activation key:

python install-centos6-els-repo.py --license-key XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

3. The script will create the/etc/yum.repos.d/centos6-els.repoyum repository config file and install the centos-els-release package containing the repository PGP key.

    3.1. To ensure that installation has been completed successfully, run the following command:  

rpm -q centos-els-release

   It should return the installed package name and version:

centos-els-release-6-6.10.1.el6.x86_64

4. After this, you will be able to install updates from the repository using a regular yum upgrade command.

yum update sudo

Useful links

• Enabling CentOS 6 ELS repository