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This module installs and configures the Apticron package.
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released Nov 30th 2016
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dhoppe/apticron — version 1.3.1 Nov 30th 2016

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Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
  3. Setup - The basics of getting started with apticron
  4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  7. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Overview

This module installs and configures the Apticron package.

Module Description

This module handles installing and configuring Apticron across a range of operating systems and distributions.

Setup

What apticron affects

  • apticron package.
  • apticron configuration file.

Setup Requirements

Beginning with apticron

Install apticron with the default parameters (No configuration files will be changed).

    class { 'apticron': }

Install apticron with the recommended parameters.

    class { 'apticron':
      config_file_template => "apticron/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/apticron/apticron.conf.erb",
      config_file_hash     => {
        'apticron'         => {
          config_file_path     => '/etc/cron.d/apticron',
          config_file_template => 'apticron/common/etc/cron.d/apticron.erb',
        },
        'listchanges.conf' => {
          config_file_path     => '/etc/apt/listchanges.conf',
          config_file_template => 'apticron/common/etc/apt/listchanges.conf.erb',
          config_file_require  => 'Package[apt-listchanges]',
        },
      },
    }

Usage

Update the apticron package.

    class { 'apticron':
      package_ensure => 'latest',
    }

Remove the apticron package.

    class { 'apticron':
      package_ensure => 'absent',
    }

Purge the apticron package (All configuration files will be removed).

    class { 'apticron':
      package_ensure => 'purged',
    }

Deploy the configuration files from source directory.

    class { 'apticron':
      config_dir_source => "puppet:///modules/apticron/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/apticron",
    }

Deploy the configuration files from source directory (Unmanaged configuration files will be removed).

    class { 'apticron':
      config_dir_purge  => true,
      config_dir_source => "puppet:///modules/apticron/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/apticron",
    }

Deploy the configuration file from source.

    class { 'apticron':
      config_file_source => "puppet:///modules/apticron/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/apticron/apticron.conf",
    }

Deploy the configuration file from string.

    class { 'apticron':
      config_file_string => '# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY PUPPET',
    }

Deploy the configuration file from template.

    class { 'apticron':
      config_file_template => "apticron/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/apticron/apticron.conf.erb",
    }

Deploy the configuration file from custom template (Additional parameters can be defined).

    class { 'apticron':
      config_file_template     => "apticron/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/apticron/apticron.conf.erb",
      config_file_options_hash => {
        'key' => 'value',
      },
    }

Deploy additional configuration files from source, string or template.

    class { 'apticron':
      config_file_hash => {
        'apticron.2nd.conf' => {
          config_file_path   => '/etc/apticron/apticron.2nd.conf',
          config_file_source => "puppet:///modules/apticron/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/apticron/apticron.2nd.conf",
        },
        'apticron.3rd.conf' => {
          config_file_path   => '/etc/apticron/apticron.3rd.conf',
          config_file_string => '# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY PUPPET',
        },
        'apticron.4th.conf' => {
          config_file_path     => '/etc/apticron/apticron.4th.conf',
          config_file_template => "apticron/${::lsbdistcodename}/etc/apticron/apticron.4th.conf.erb",
        },
      },
    }

Reference

Classes

Public Classes

  • apticron: Main class, includes all other classes.

Private Classes

  • apticron::install: Handles the packages.
  • apticron::config: Handles the configuration file.

Parameters

package_ensure

Determines if the package should be installed. Valid values are 'present', 'latest', 'absent' and 'purged'. Defaults to 'present'.

package_name

Determines the name of package to manage. Defaults to 'apticron'.

package_list

Determines if additional packages should be managed. Defaults to '['apt-listchanges']'.

config_dir_ensure

Determines if the configuration directory should be present. Valid values are 'absent' and 'directory'. Defaults to 'directory'.

config_dir_path

Determines if the configuration directory should be managed. Defaults to '/etc/apticron'

config_dir_purge

Determines if unmanaged configuration files should be removed. Valid values are 'true' and 'false'. Defaults to 'false'.

config_dir_recurse

Determines if the configuration directory should be recursively managed. Valid values are 'true' and 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

config_dir_source

Determines the source of a configuration directory. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_file_ensure

Determines if the configuration file should be present. Valid values are 'absent' and 'present'. Defaults to 'present'.

config_file_path

Determines if the configuration file should be managed. Defaults to '/etc/apticron/apticron.conf'

config_file_owner

Determines which user should own the configuration file. Defaults to 'root'.

config_file_group

Determines which group should own the configuration file. Defaults to 'root'.

config_file_mode

Determines the desired permissions mode of the configuration file. Defaults to '0644'.

config_file_source

Determines the source of a configuration file. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_file_string

Determines the content of a configuration file. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_file_template

Determines the content of a configuration file. Defaults to 'undef'.

config_file_require

Determines which package a configuration file depends on. Defaults to 'Package[apticron]'.

config_file_hash

Determines which configuration files should be managed via apticron::define. Defaults to '{}'.

config_file_options_hash

Determines which parameters should be passed to an ERB template. Defaults to '{}'.

email

Determines which email address (recipient) should be notified about impending updates. Defaults to "apticron@${::domain}".

email_from

Determines which email address (sender) should be used. Defaults to "root@${::fqdn}".

email_subject

Determines which email subject should be used. Defaults to '[apticron] $SYSTEM: $NUM_PACKAGES package update(s)'.

random

Determines which time a cron job should be executed. Defaults to 'fqdn_rand('60')'.

Limitations

This module has been tested on:

  • Debian 6/7/8
  • Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/16.04

Development

Bug Report

If you find a bug, have trouble following the documentation or have a question about this module - please create an issue.

Pull Request

If you are able to patch the bug or add the feature yourself - please make a pull request.

Contributors

The list of contributors can be found at: https://github.com/dhoppe/puppet-apticron/graphs/contributors