Puppet yum module

Please note this module is deprecated, future maintenance took over the Puppet Community. Please use new https://forge.puppet.com/puppet/yum

This module provides helpful definitions for dealing with yum.

Requirements

Module has been tested on:

• Puppet 3.7.x
• CentOS 6, 7

Usage

yum

Manage main Yum configuration.

class { 'yum':
  keepcache         => false|true,
  debuglevel        => number,
  exactarch         => false|true,
  obsoletes         => false|true,
  gpgcheck          => false|true,
  installonly_limit => number,
  keep_kernel_devel => false|true,
}

If installonly_limit is changed, purging of old kernel packages is triggered.

yum::config

Manage yum.conf.

yum::config { 'installonly_limit':
  ensure => 2,
}

yum::config { 'debuglevel':
  ensure => absent,
}

yum::gpgkey

Import/remove GPG RPM signing key.

Key defined in recipe (inline):

yum::gpgkey { '/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-puppet-smoketest1':
  ensure  => present,
  content => '-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
...
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----',
}

Key stored on Puppet fileserver:

yum::gpgkey { '/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org':
  ensure => present,
  source => 'puppet:///modules/elrepo/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org',
}

yum::plugin

Install or remove yum plugin:

yum::plugin { 'versionlock':
  ensure => present,
}

yum::versionlock

Locks explicitly specified packages from updates. Package name must be precisely specified in format EPOCH:NAME-VERSION-RELEASE.ARCH. Wild card in package name is allowed or automatically appended, but be careful and always first check on target machine if your package is matched correctly! Following definitions create same configuration lines:

yum::versionlock { '0:bash-4.1.2-9.el6_2.*':
  ensure => present,
}

yum::versionlock { '0:bash-4.1.2-9.el6_2.':
  ensure => present,
}

Correct name for installed package can be easily get by running e.g.:

$ rpm -q bash --qf '%|EPOCH?{%{EPOCH}}:{0}|:%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n'
0:bash-4.2.45-5.el7_0.4.x86_64

yum::group

Install or remove yum package group:

yum::group { 'X Window System':
  ensure  => present,
  timeout => 600,
}

yum::install

Install or remove packages via yum install subcommand:

From URL:

yum::install { 'package-name':
  ensure => present,
  source => 'http://path/to/package/filename.rpm',
}

From local filesystem:

yum::install { 'package-name':
  ensure => present,
  source => '/path/to/package/filename.rpm',
}

Please note that resource name must be same as installed package name.

Contributors

• Eugene Dementiev eugene@dementiev.eu
• Mark McKinstry mmckinst@nexcess.net
• Trey Dockendorf treydock@gmail.com
• Derek McEachern a0216331@ti.com
• John Zimmerman zimmermj@trimet.org

CERIT Scientific Cloud, support@cerit-sc.cz

2016-05-30 - Release 0.9.8

YUM group commands can set exec. timeout and respect hidden groups. Fix yum plugins on RHEL 5.x. At least puppetlabs/stdlib 4.2.0 is required. New resource yum::install for installing of local/remote packages.

Features

• Tunable exec. timeout for YUM group management commands.
• New defined resource yum::install for local or remote (URL) packages install.

Bugfixes

• Properly detect YUM plugins prefixes on RHEL 5.x
• Increased requirements on puppetlabs/stdlib to 4.2.0
• Yum group management respects hidden groups

2015-05-29 - Release 0.9.6

Fixed check for installed YUM group on RHEL 7.

Bugfixes

• Fixed check for installed YUM group on RHEL/CentOS 7

2015-04-07 - Release 0.9.5

New class yum, defined resource yum::config. Trigger old kernels purge.

Features

• New defined resource yum::config to allow changes in /etc/yum.conf.
• New class yum to set common global parameters
• If installonly_limit is changed, old kernels above the limit are purged.

2014-12-08 - Release 0.9.4

Fix file/directory permissions.

Bugfixes

• Fix PF module archive file/directory permissions.

2014-11-06 - Release 0.9.3

Enable yum.conf plugins if disabled.

Bugfixes

• Enable yum.conf plugins (if disabled) when we install plugin via yum::plugin.

2014-09-02 - Release 0.9.2

Fix metadata.json

Bugfixes

• Fix metadata.json module dependencies

2014-08-20 - Release 0.9.1

Summary

Fix GPG key import check when key is specified in $content.

Bugfixes

• Fix GPG key import check when key is specified in $content.

2014-08-07 - Release 0.9.0

Summary

Initial release.