epel

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description
3. Setup
   • What epel affects
   • Beginning with epel
4. Usage
5. Reference

Overview

Enables EPEL repository

Module Description

This module enables the EPEL repository for RHEL 6 and 7 and derivatives. It will also update ca-certificates on the first run, checking for updates daily.

Setup

What epel affects

• Installs a package called epel-release
• Updates ca-certificates
• Manages main epel repo

Beginning with epel

Just include epel class to have it configured with the defaults:

class { 'epel': }

Usage

Install epel

class { 'epel':
}

Disable EPEL

class { 'epel':
  main_enabled => false,
}

Force especific mirror for EPEL

Use main_baseurl option to force a specific mirror:

class { 'epel':
  main_baseurl => "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/\$basearch",
}

Generated yum repo will look like this:

[epel]

name=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - $basearch
baseurl=https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/$basearch
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7

Reference

epel

• ensure: Used to manage the epel-release package (default: installed)
• manage_ca_certificates: update ca-certificates (needed to install EPEL) (default: true)
• manage_gpg: Flag to enable/disable managing GPG keys (default: true)
• manage_main_repo: Whether to manage the main epel repo (default: true)
• main_enabled: Whether to have the main epel repo enabled or not (default: true)
• main_baseurl: Base URL for a specific mirror (default: not set)
• main_metalink: Where to get mirror list from (default: from mirrors.fedoraproject.org)
• main_failovermethod: Failover method (default: priority)
• main_proxy: Proxy usage (default: not set)
• main_gpgcheck: Whether to check GPG (default: true)
• main_gpgkey: Location of GPG keys (default: file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-${epel::params::os_maj_release})
• main_description: Main EPEL repo description (default: "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux ${epel::params::os_maj_release} - \$basearch")
• main_exclude: Package exclude list (default: undef)
• main_include: Package include list (default: undef)
• main_sslclientkey: SSL client key (default: undef)
• main_sslclientcert: SSL client cert (default: undef)

CHANGELOG

3.1415.92

• fixed download links

3.141.592

• added support for CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

3.14.1592

• minor changes

3.14.159

• dropped CentOS 5 support

3.14.15

• main EPEL repo management

3.1.22

• metadata lint

3.1.21

• bugfix

3.1.19

• params.pp lint
• updated documentation

3.1.18

• yum check-update executed only once a day on puppet version >= 3.8