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- Name: the name you give to this repository and the one that will be shown in the list of repositories
- Text: this is where you define all the options to make your repository work fine. Please refer to the official guide to get the necessary background information about setting up a new repository: http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/RepoCreate
- File Name: The name of the file to be written on the filesystem. This file will contain all the information provided and will be used by the update software
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Even if not mandatory, it's a good practice to name the repository files as something.repo. The ".repo" extensions isn't used by the system, still it can be useful for maintenance purposes. |
- Enabled: This is a flag which points out if the system is going to either use this repository or not.
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| SubtitleText | Your repository has been updated! |
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| If you want to remove one repository from the system consideration, then just edit it and uncheck the "Enabled" option in the lower part of the form. This will prevent any use by the update software. |
2.8.5 Delete one repository
You can create a new't delete any repository from the User Interface. Instead you can disable any of them at your wish. In order to wipe out any reference to any repository you need to access to the appliance by ssh remote console and manually change the file to delete the interested entry.
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