To Configure Update Tool to Use a Local Repository

After downloading the Web Space Server repository image and starting the repository server daemon on the secure network, as described in To Configure Update Tool to Use a Local Repository, the next step is to configure the secure Web Space Server host on which updates are to be performed. The goal in this procedure is to configure the Web Space Server host to use the local update repository image rather than the default behavior of going out on the Internet to access a remote update repository.

Before You Begin

The Update Tool repository toolkit must be installed on each Web Space Server host for which updates will be performed, as described in To Install Update Tool Without an Internet Connection.

1. From a command shell on the Web Space Server host you want to upgrade, use the pkg set-publisher command to redirect Update Tool to use the local repository rather than a remote repository.

   Use the following command syntax:

   toolkit-dir/pkg/bin/pkg -R ws-install-dir set-publisher -Pe -O http://repo-host:port/ pubname

   Where:

   • ws-install-dir is the path to the directory containing the Web Space Server installation that is to be updated

   • repo-host is the name of the server on which the pkg.depotd repository server daemon is running

   • port is the port use for the pkg.depotd daemon, as specified in To Configure a Local Update Repository Server.

   • pubname is the name of the preconfigured Web Space Server publisher. For Web Space Server, use webspace.sun.com

   For example, to specify a Web Space Server installation directory named /opt/wssonfoo, and a Web Space Server repository server running on port 81 on a host named foo, enter the following command:

   toolkit-dir/pkg/bin/pkg -R /opt/wssonfoo set-publisher -Pe -O http://foo:81 webspace.sun.com