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So friends, let's discuss the game plan to setting up our own local repository

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here on the control

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node. So here it is right here. This is our Ansible server. Okay. And again, we

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have our blue box

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and our yellow box. So a few things have got to happen in order for this to

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correctly operate.

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So the very first thing I'm going to have to do is to install two different

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packages.

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One package is going to be for an FTP server, because basically this is how we

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're going to

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set the server up so that these client devices, say for example, the blue box,

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when we have

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configured this device to use the control node as a valid repository, we are
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configured this device to use the control node as a valid repository, we are

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going to be pulling

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down the packages over FTP. So this server here actually has to be configured

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with the FTP

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daemon. So that is something we're going to have to install straight away. And

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also, so that we

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can create the necessary metadata so that DNF or YUM from these devices over

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here, so that they

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can actually understand what the server is serving up. We're going to have to

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run a very

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particular command known as create repo. Now this command is not available on a
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particular command known as create repo. Now this command is not available on a

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default installation.

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So we're going to have to install a package which gives us access to that

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command. So we'll have to

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install those two things, the server as well as the package which houses that

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command. Now with the

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FTP server installed on the system, the next thing we want to do is to start

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that particular

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server so that it is operational. Now think about it once the server is started

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and up and running,

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we want to be able to accept incoming connections straight away, you should be

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thinking, we're going

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to have to have some firewall considerations because ordinarily that port would
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to have to have some firewall considerations because ordinarily that port would

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just be blocked.

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So we'll also have to open up that particular port for that particular service.

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Then the next

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thing we want to do is to actually create a directory on the server itself that

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is going to be used

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as the repository itself. So if anyone accesses that directory, this is where

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all the packages

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are going to reside. And then we want to download some packages. Say for

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example, in our case here,

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we will use an engine X server for the demonstration. So that we actually have

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the package available

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on the system. And then we can put the package inside of our repo directory so
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on the system. And then we can put the package inside of our repo directory so

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that when anyone

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goes to use our particular repository, say for example, the blue box looking

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for engine X,

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they're going to be able to find it within our specially designated directory.

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Now like I say,

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we're going to have this directory, but in order to actually transform this

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otherwise regular

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directory into a fully blown repo directory, we actually want to run that

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particular command

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that we just installed, the create repo commands against this newly created

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directory. And with

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that in play, the server will be up and running. So with the server all set up,
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that in play, the server will be up and running. So with the server all set up,

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the next thing we

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want to do is actually to install an FTP client on both of our managed devices.

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Because if we have

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an FTP client on the devices, then they can begin making a quest to the FTP

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server. Now it's not

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enough just to have FTP on our device. What we're also going to do is to use

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that module we just

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talked about in the previous video, the yum_reportatory module to basically

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tell our local systems where

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they should actually look on the server to find all the packages, ie which
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they should actually look on the server to find all the packages, ie which

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directory should we be looking

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for. So this is a process that we have to walk through. Let's begin with the

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server configuration

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then. So what I will do here is I will just create a new playbook and let's

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call this play3.yml.

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Going to insert mode, have a three hyphens at the top and I'll just say

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configure server to be repo.

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Now pop quiz, what should I actually configure for the host here? It's not

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going to be the blue box

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or the yellow box, but actually going to add on ourselves the local host in

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this case. Okay.
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this case. Okay.

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Next I'll say gather facts to be false. And now I'm going to define my tasks.

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So here is the first

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task or the set install necessary packages. Now what I will use here is the Ans

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ible built-in

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dnf module. Again, if you want to use yum, feel free. And now specify the names

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of the packages

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that I want to install me because it's going to be more than one. I'm going to

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use an array. So

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we have our hyphen here. And the first package is going to be vs ftp_d. This is

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the FTP daemon

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that we want to use to run the FTP server. Next we're going to install the
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that we want to use to run the FTP server. Next we're going to install the

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create repo underscore

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c package, giving us access to that particular command that we need. And then I

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'll specify that

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the state is going to be present. So once we have FTP installed on the system,

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we want to start

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the FTP server. So I will use the Ansible built-in service module. And the name

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of the service that

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I want to be configuring here is vs ftp_d. And now I'll specify that the state

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is going to be

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started. So we actually started. And then I'll set enabled to be yes. That
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started. So we actually started. And then I'll set enabled to be yes. That

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means that if we

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happen to reboot the system, then the server is going to automatically start up

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. After all,

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if we're going to run a repository, we want the repository to be available.

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Next time we'll just

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take and figure the firewall to allow FTP communication. So this time I'm going

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to use the Ansible

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POSIX firewall d module, and now specify the service I want to be configuring.

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So the service

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is going to be FTP, I'll specify that the state is going to be enabled. And I

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want this to persist

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reboot source a permanent is equal to yes. And that should open up the firewall
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reboot source a permanent is equal to yes. And that should open up the firewall

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. So the next thing

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I will do will be to create the directory for the repository. And now I'll use

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the Ansible built-in

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file module. Now specify the path. The path I'm going to specify here is going

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to be forward slash

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var forward slash FTP. And then I can give any name I so wish. Now strictly, we

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don't actually

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have to use this particular path here. But this is a common convention. The var

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directory after

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all is used to house files, which are going to be variable in size, such as you

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know, packages or
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know, packages or

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log files that type of thing. So it makes sense to put our FTP configuration

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within that particular

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directory. And then like I say, we can choose any name we so wish. So my case

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here, I would just say

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forward slash var forward slash FTP and let's just call this local repository.

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And then I want to

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specify that the state is going to be a directory. And now I'm going to

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download the engine X package,

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because basically this is going to be a package that I want to be able to serve

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up to my network.

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And again, how am I going to get that package? I can use the Ansible built-in D

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NF module once
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NF module once

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again, I specify that the name is going to be engine X. So let's now briefly go

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to the Ansible

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built-in DNF module page. We're going to look at two parameters. We actually

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haven't used yet.

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So let's scroll on down a little bit here. Here they are right here. Okay. Here

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is the download

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directory. This is going to take a string value. And this is going to allow us

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to specify an

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alternative directory, whereby we're going to store packages. Now this is only

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going to take an

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effect. If you have to specify the download only parameter, which is the one

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below we want to look

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at, this one is just going to be a billion value, either true or false. And
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at, this one is just going to be a billion value, either true or false. And

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what this option is going

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to do, it's going to specify that we download the package, but do not install

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them, which makes

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sense because you want to download the package so that we can effectively serve

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it up to other

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users. We don't necessarily want to say, for example, install an engine X7 on

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our own local system.

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We just want to host that package. So let's go and add these in. So specify the

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download

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underscore there is going to be where do you think it's going to be in var and

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then in the local

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repository directory, we just created above. And then I'll specify download
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repository directory, we just created above. And then I'll specify download

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only and then set

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that to the billion value of true. Next, the final task is going to be use the

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create repo commands

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on the directory. So in the case here, we're just going to use the answerable

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built in command module

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with the CMD parameter. And the command we want to run is going to be create

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repo or one word.

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And then we just specify the name of the directory we want to target, which is

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going to be var

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FTP local repository. So let's save this right and quit. And now let's run the
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FTP local repository. So let's save this right and quit. And now let's run the

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playbook. And the

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playbook kicks off and we install the necessary packages and the playbook

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completes. So now if

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I go into my var FTP directory and on LS, we now have this local repository. If

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I go inside of here,

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and I do a listing, this here is our download folder. So everything that we

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downloaded is now

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present. And because we run that create repo command, we also have this repo

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data directory

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who go inside of here, the LS, we have all this information here that can
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who go inside of here, the LS, we have all this information here that can

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ultimately be used by

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DNF or by Yum, whoever is trying to consume us as a repository. So one last

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thing I want to do

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right now is to go into the Etsy directory, I'm going to VS FDPD, and then VS F

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DPD.conf. If I go in here,

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going to insert mode, all I'm going to do here is because for any lab

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environment, I'm going to

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copy out this particular configuration saying anonymous enable no. Basically,

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this will allow

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people to access our FTP server without having to specify particular

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credentials, quite simply
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credentials, quite simply

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allowing an anonymous login. So let's just write and quit. And all I want to do

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here is to say

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sudo systemctl restart VS FDPD and to enter to redin those new configurations.

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So what's the

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server now up and running? How about we go and begin configuring our client?