How to deploy RPM repodata correctly to Artifactory?

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How can I deploy repodata that matches the below RPM repo-structure in Artifactory?

I have an RPM repo in Artifactory as follows:

rpm-local/  
     {productName}/  
             {version}/  
                   {arch}/  
                       rpm-file1.rpm
                       rpm-file2.rpm
                       rpm-file3.rpm

And I deploy RPMs using curl:

curl -u "user:pass" -X PUT http://arti:8081/artifactory/rpm-local/{productName}/{version}/{arch} -T rpm-fileX.rpm

Only problem is yum doesn't find these RPM packages after a yum clean all and yum update.
I don't know how to generate and deploy repodata for my repo-structure above.

Can someone help with deploying repodata that matches the above repo-structure so that Artifactory will know where to look for these RPM packages?

Aaron D. Marasco Aaron D. Marasco · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-31T00:46:39

Disclaimer: I know nothing about artifactory. I'm taking that out of the equation.

If what you are showing is a standard filesystem, all you need to do is change to the directory with the RPMs in them (on the server) and type createrepo -v - this will create a yum repo. Then you will need to create a yum.repo file pointing to the HTTP server - see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/deployment_guide/sec-configuring_yum_and_yum_repositories

How to deploy RPM repodata correctly to Artifactory?

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