General Description

This is the master task for the implementation of the YUM layout support support.

The code should be located in a new module called strongbox-storage-yum-layout-provider under strongbox-storage/strongbox-storage-layout-providers.

Please, gather all the requirements and useful links here.

Getting Started

To get started, check out the "Developer Guide" section of our wiki and,
more specifically:

• Getting Started
• Building the code
• Coding Convention

Sub-tasks

The following is roughly the order in which the tasks will need to be implemented:

• Implement an RpmArtifactGenerator
• Implement a RpmArtifactCoordinates
• Implement YUM metadata
• Implement a RpmLayoutProvider
• Implement a RpmArtifactController
• Implement a hello-strongbox-yum example
• Implement RPM hosted repositories
• Implement RPM proxy repositories
• Implement RPM group repositories
• Implement RPM integration tests in the strongbox-web-integration-tests module

Follow-up tasks

• Update the documentation, as and when necessary.
• Create a page in the wiki detailing the Yum layout provider

See Also

• Layout Providers
• How To Implement Your Own Repository Format
• RPM Basics
• Redhat RPM Packaging Guide
• YUM repository and package management complete tutorial
• YUM: How to
• RPM Software Management/DNF
• Maximum RPM

Help

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• Points of contact:
  • @carlspring
  • @sbespalov