Manage custom repositories

Use the Oracle Linux Custom Repository Management dashboard to register and manage repositories.

Using custom repositories can give you the flexibility to control what can be deployed to the endpoints in your deployment. For example, you can deploy custom software that you are hosting in your custom repositories. Use the Oracle Linux Custom Repository Management dashboard to register and manage standard repositories and satellite repositories. Users of BigFix Patch for Oracle Linux can use the dashboard to do the following actions.

  • Register, unregister, add, delete, and import custom repositories.
  • Deliver custom software through BigFix. Support for custom repositories leverages on existing local repositories to save bandwidth and improve performance.

Instead of following the current BigFix infrastructure which allows Fixlets in the Patch for Oracle Linux site to directly download the patches from the Oracle Linux servers, the Fixlets now allow YUM to download from local repositories.

Ensure that you have met the following requirements.
  • BigFix version 9.5 and later.
  • Minimum YUM version: YUM 3.2.19-18
  • Subscribe to the Patching Support site.
  • Activate the Repository Configuration - Oracle Linux analysis from the Patching Support site to access the dashboard.
Note: The dashboard does not support the creation and maintenance of local repositories. You must create local repositories separately.

Use the Install packages by using the YUM task from the Patching Support site to install custom software that are in your custom repositories.