Configure xCAT Software Repository¶

xCAT software and repo files can be obtained from: http://xcat.org/download.html

Internet Repository¶

[xcat-core]

For the xCAT version you want to install, download the xcat-core.repo file and copy it to /etc/zypp/repos.d

[xcat-dep]

From the xCAT-dep Online Repository, navigate to the correct subdirectory for the target machine and download the xcat-dep.repo file and copy it to /etc/zypp/repos.d.

Continue to the next section to install xCAT.

Local Repository¶

[xcat-core]

Download xcat-core:

# downloading the latest stable build, xcat-core-<version>-linux.tar.bz2
mkdir -p ~/xcat
cd ~/xcat/
wget http://xcat.org/files/xcat/xcat-core/<version>.x_Linux/xcat-core/xcat-core-<version>-linux.tar.bz2

Extract xcat-core:
```
tar xcat-core-<version>-linux.tar.bz2
```
Configure the local repository for xcat-core by running mklocalrepo.sh script in the xcat-core directory:
```
cd ~/xcat/xcat-core
./mklocalrepo.sh
```

[xcat-dep]

Unless you are downloading xcat-dep to match a specific version of xCAT, it’s recommended to download the latest version of xcat-dep.

Download xcat-dep:

# downloading the latest stable version, xcat-dep-<version>-linux.tar.bz2
mkdir -p ~/xcat/
cd ~/xcat
wget http://xcat.org/files/xcat/xcat-dep/2.x_Linux/xcat-dep-<version>-linux.tar.bz2

Extract xcat-dep:

tar jxvf xcat-dep-<version>-linux.tar.bz2

Configure the local repository for xcat-dep by switching to the architecture and os subdirectory of the node you are installing on, then run the mklocalrepo.sh script:
```
cd ~/xcat/xcat-dep/
# On redhat 7.1 ppc64le: cd rh7/ppc64le
cd <os>/<arch>
./mklocalrepo.sh
```