Re: [sheflug] Keeping server up to date without internet connection

[Alan Pope <alan [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 11:01:19AM +0100, Stephen.Tozer-Loft [at] sth.nhs.uk wrote:
> I've installed Centos 4.3 on a fairly mission-critical server.
> 

Without considering how updates are to be installed :S

> There isn't a way out of the NHSnet firewall on to the internet for this
> machine, so there's no direct way of using up2date or anything to keep
> abreast of things.
> 

How do other systems (windows?) get updated? Is there a precident that has
been set where certain servers are allowed to use port 80 to get out for
updates and you could add yours to the list?

> Does anyone know of a way to get new patches/updates etc from another
> (non-Linux) PC in a sensible way, for subsequent installation on the
> server?
> 

I don't know centos but pretty much every other distro has the ability to
create a repository. Could you setup an internal repository on a desktop PC
and access that from the centos box?

Cheers,
Al.

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