yum

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 yum
   • What yum affects
   • Setup requirements
   • Beginning with yum
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

The yum module provides several repositories available for RPM based RHEL 6 clones like CentOS or Scientific Linux.

Module Description

The yum module provides several repositories available for RPM based RHEL 6 clones like CentOS or Scientific Linux.

Setup

What yum affects

• yum package.
• yum configuration file.
• yum repository configuration.

Beginning with yum

include '::yum' is enough to get you up and running if the parameters point to proper values. If you wish to pass in parameters like which repositories to use then you can use:

class { '::yum':
  repo_foreman => true,
}

Usage

All interaction with the yum module can do be done through the main yum class. This means you can simply toggle the options in the yum class to get at the full functionality. You also have the possibility to include classes in the order you need.

I just want yum, what's the minimum I need?

include '::yum'

I just want to add CoreOS, EPEL, SC and Puppet plus Foreman

class { '::yum':
  repo_foreman => true,
}

Reference

Classes

• yum: Main class, includes all the rest.
• yum::install: Handles the packages.
• yum::config: Handles the configuration file.

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the yum module

manage

Define if yum repositories are managed by module

tmpfs

Define if yum repositories should be stored on tmpfs instead of harddisk

auto_update

Define if yum should automatically update the system every night

yum_exclude

List of RPMs that are exclude during yum run

yum_proxy

Should yum proxy be used and if yes, define URL, i.e. http://mycache.mydomain.com:3128

yum_proxy_user

Use defined user to connect to proxy server

yum_proxy_password

Use defined password to connect to proxy server

repo_sl

Enable SL and SLx repository.

repo_centos

Enable CentOS repository.

repo_softwarecollections

Enable Software Collections repository.

repo_epel

Enable EPEL repository.

repo_puppetlabs

Enable Puppetlabs repository.

repo_foreman

Enable Foreman repository.

repo_passenger

Enable Passenger repository.

repo_ovirt

Enable Ovirt repository.

repo_icinga

Enable Icinga repository.

repo_custom

Enable custom repository.

repo_upgradetool

Enable upgradetool repository.

Additional parameters

$el_custom                      = $yum::params::el_custom,
$el_epel                        = $yum::params::el_epel,
$el_epel_debuginfo              = $yum::params::el_epel_debuginfo,
$el_epel_source                 = $yum::params::el_epel_source,
$el_epel_testing                = $yum::params::el_epel_testing,
$el_epel_testing_debuginfo      = $yum::params::el_epel_testing_debuginfo,
$el_epel_testing_source         = $yum::params::el_epel_testing_source,
$el_foreman                     = $yum::params::el_foreman,
$el_foreman_source              = $yum::params::el_foreman_source,
$el_foreman_plugins             = $yum::params::el_foreman_plugins,
$el_foreman_plugins_source      = $yum::params::el_foreman_plugins_source,
$el_icinga                      = $yum::params::el_icinga,
$el_owncloud                    = $yum::params::el_owncloud,
$el_passenger                   = $yum::params::el_passenger,
$el_passenger_testing           = $yum::params::el_passenger_testing,
$el_puppetlabs_products         = $yum::params::el_puppetlabs_products,
$el_puppetlabs_products_source  = $yum::params::el_puppetlabs_products_source,
$el_puppetlabs_deps             = $yum::params::el_puppetlabs_deps,
$el_puppetlabs_deps_source      = $yum::params::el_puppetlabs_deps_source,
$el_puppetlabs_devel            = $yum::params::el_puppetlabs_devel,
$el_puppetlabs_devel_source     = $yum::params::el_puppetlabs_devel_source,
$el_sl                          = $yum::params::el_sl,
$el_sl_security                 = $yum::params::el_sl_security,
$el_sl_source                   = $yum::params::el_sl_source,
$elx_sl                         = $yum::params::elx_sl,
$elx_sl_security                = $yum::params::elx_sl_security,
$elx_sl_fastbugs                = $yum::params::elx_sl_fastbugs,
$el_softwarecollections         = $yum::params::el_softwarecollections,
$el_softwarecollections_source  = $yum::params::el_softwarecollections_source

Limitations

This module has been built on and tested against Puppet 3.7 and higher.

The module has been tested on:

• CentOS Linux 6, 7
• Scientific Linux 6

Testing on other platforms has been light and cannot be guaranteed.

This module does currently only support a limited set of distributions and need to be reworked for other distributions as well. I use static files instead of the yum provider to stay in sync with the files that the repository creators deliver. Some more parameters can be implemented, i.e., activating or disabling repositories and features is currently only possible inside the template. That should be implemented as parameters in the future.

Development

If you like to add or improve this module, feel free to fork the module and send me a merge request with the modification.