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Select the repository type (HTTP, FTP, or NFS). The selected service is started

automatically every time the system starts. If a service of the selected type is al-

ready running on your system and you want to congure it manually for the

server, deactivate the automatic conguration of the server service with Do Not

Congure Any Network Services. In both cases, dene the directory in which the

installation data should be made available on the server.

Congure the required repository type. This step relates to the automatic con-

guration of server services. It is skipped when automatic conguration is deacti-

vated.

Dene an alias for the root directory of the FTP or HTTP server on which the

installation data should be found. The repository will later be located under

ftp://Server-IP/Alias/Name (FTP) or under

http://Server-IP/Alias/Name (HTTP). Name stands for the name of

the repository, which is dened in the following step. If you selected NFS in the

previous step, dene wild cards and export options. The NFS server will be ac-

cessible under nfs://Server-IP/Name. Details of NFS and exports can be

found in Chapter 26, Sharing File Systems with NFS (page 417).

TIP: Firewall Settings

Make sure that the rewall settings of your server system allow trafc

on the ports for HTTP, NFS, and FTP. If they currently do not, enable

Open Port in Firewall or check Firewall Details rst.

Congure the repository. Before the installation media are copied to their desti-

nation, dene the name of the repository (ideally, an easily remembered abbrevi-

ation of the product and version). YaST allows providing ISO images of the

media instead of copies of the installation DVDs. If you want this, activate the

relevant check box and specify the directory path under which the ISO les can

be found locally. Depending on the product to distribute using this installation

server, it might be that more add-on CDs or service pack CDs are required and

should be added as extra repositories. To announce your installation server in

the network via OpenSLP, activate the appropriate option.

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