RPM repository management image

Build a base image with RPM repository management capability through createrepo_c. Allows to use the latest updates to createrepo, most noticeably the module management capability not available yet in official RPMs (createrepo >0.16.1).

Usage

After building an image from one of the available Dockerfile (see below for instructions and details), and assuming you tagged the resulting image ayowel/createrepo:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/mnt" ayowel/createrepo createrepo .

Mount the target directory into /mnt in the container.

Note that you may use modifyrepo, mergerepo, or sqliterepo in addition to createrepo.

Build instructions

• Move to this repository's folder
• Build from the desired Dockerfile (e.g. with alpine: docker build -f alpine.Dockerfile .)

Dockerfiles reference:

• alpine.Dockerfile: from alpine, build from sources this is the most compact option (~35 MB)
• centos.Dockerfile: from centos, build from sources
• centos-legacy.Dockerfile: from centos:7, build from sources NOT WORKING, TO BE FIXED
• centos-core.Dockerfile: from centos, use the latest package available (you're probably better off using your own dockerfile, this is a simple yum install)

Configuration

All builds support the following arguments:

• TARGET_IMAGE The image to build for, defaults to $BUILD_IMAGE

All builds but centos.Dockerfile support the following arguments:

• BUILD_IMAGE The base image to use to instantiate the build container
• GIT_SOURCE_REPO The base repository to use for createrepo's source code, defaults to https://github.com/rpm-software-management/createrepo_c.git
• GIT_SOURCE_COMMIT The commit to build from, defaults to master

Some builds support additionnal arguments not listed here