yum['exclude']
- An array containing a list of packages to exclude from updates or installs. Wildcards and shell globs are supported.
- Defaults to an empty exclude list.
yum['installonlypkgs']
- An array containing a list of packages which should only be installed, never updated.
- Defaults to an empty install-only list.
yum['ius_release']
- Set the IUS release to install.
- Defaults to the current release of the IUS repo.
yum['repoforge_release']
- Set the RepoForge release to install.
- Defaults to the current release of the repoforge repo.

EPEL attributes used in the yum::epel recipe, see attributes/epel.rb for default values:

yum['epel']['key']
- Name of the GPG key used for the repo.
yum['epel']['baseurl']
- Base URL to an EPEL mirror.
yum['epel']['url']
- URL to the EPEL mirrorlist.
yum['epel']['key_url']
- URL to the GPG key for the repo.
yum['epel']['includepkgs']
- list of packages you want to use for the repo.
yum['epel']['exclude']
- list of packages you do NOT want to use for the repo.

The node['yum']['epel_release'] attribute is removed, see the epel recipe information below.

remi attributes used in the yum::remi recipe, see attributes/remi.rb for default values:

yum['remi']['key']
- Name of the GPG key used for the repo.
yum['remi']['url']
- URL to the remi mirrorlist.
yum['remi']['key_url']
- URL to the GPG key for the repo.
yum['remi']['includepkgs']
- list of packages you want to use for the repo.
yum['remi']['exclude']
- list of packages you do NOT want to use for the repo.

Proxy settings used in yum.conf on RHEL family 5 and 6:

yum['proxy']
- Set the URL for an HTTP proxy
- None of the proxy settings are used if this is an empty string (default)
yum['proxy_username']
- Set the username for the proxy
- not used if yum['proxy'] above is an empty string
yum['proxy_password']
- Set the password for the proxy
- not used if yum['proxy'] above is an empty string

Recipes

default

The default recipe does nothing.

yum

Manages the configuration of the /etc/yum.conf via attributes. See the aforementioned Array attributes yum['exclude'] and yum['installonlypkgs'].

epel

Uses the yum_key and yum_repository resources from this cookbook are used to manage the main EPEL repository. If you need other EPEL repositories (source, debug-info), use the yum_repository LWRP in your own cookbook where those packages are required. The recipe will use the yum['epel'] attributes (see above) to configure the key, url and download the GPG key for the repo. The defaults are detected by platform and version and should just work without modification in most use cases.

On all platforms except Amazon, the action is to add the repository. On Amazon, the action is add and update.

Amazon Linux has the EPEL repositories already added in the AMI. In previous versions of this cookbook, they were enabled with yum-config-manager, however in the current version, we manage the repository using the LWRP. The main difference is that the source and debuginfo repositories are not available, but if they're needed, add them using the yum_repository LWRP in your own cookbook(s).

ius

Installs the IUS Community repositories via RPM. Uses the node['yum']['ius_release'] attribute to select the right version of the package to install.

The IUS repository requires EPEL, and includes yum::epel as a dependency.

repoforge

Installs the RepoForge repositories via RPM. Uses the node['yum']['repoforge_release'] attribute to select the right version of the package to install.

The RepoForge repository requires EPEL, and includes yum::epel as a dependency.

remi

Install the Les RPM de Remi - Repository with the yum_key and yum_repository resources from this cookbook are used to manage the remi repository. Use the yum['remi'] attributes (see above) to configure the key, url and download the GPG key for the repo. The defaults are detected by platform and should just work without modification in most use cases.

Resources/Providers

yum_key

This LWRP handles importing GPG keys for YUM repositories. Keys can be imported by the url parameter or placed in /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/ by a recipe and then installed with the LWRP without passing the URL.

Actions

:add: installs the GPG key into /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/
:remove: removes the GPG key from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/

Attribute Parameters

key: name attribute. The name of the GPG key to install.
url: if the key needs to be downloaded, the URL providing the download.

Example

# add the Zenoss GPG key
yum_key "RPM-GPG-KEY-zenoss" do
  url "http://dev.zenoss.com/yum/RPM-GPG-KEY-zenoss"
  action :add
end

# remove Zenoss GPG key
yum_key "RPM-GPG-KEY-zenoss" do
  action :remove
end

yum_repository

This LWRP provides an easy way to manage additional YUM repositories. GPG keys can be managed with the yum_key LWRP. The LWRP automatically updates the package management cache upon the first run, when a new repo is added.

Actions

:create: creates a repository file and builds the repository listing
:add: runs create action if repository file is missing (default)
:remove: removes the repository file
:update: updates the repository

Attribute Parameters

repo_name: name attribute. The name of the channel to discover
description. The description of the repository
url: The URL providing the packages, used for baseurl in the config
mirrorlist: Set this as a string containing the URI to the mirrorlist, start with "http://", "ftp://", "file://"; use "file://" if the mirrorlist is a text file on the system.
key: Optional, the name of the GPG key file installed by the key LWRP.
enabled: Default is 1, set to 0 if the repository is disabled.
type: Optional, alternate type of repository
failovermethod: Optional, failovermethod
bootstrapurl: Optional, bootstrapurl
make_cache: Optional, Default is true, if false then yum -q makecache will not be ran
metadata_expire: Optional, Default is nil (or not applied)
type: Optional, Default is nil (or not applied)

Note: When using both url (to set baseurl) and mirrorlist, it is probably a good idea to also install the fastestmirror plugin, and use failovermethod "priority".

Example

# add the Zenoss repository
yum_repository "zenoss" do
  repo_name "zenoss"
  description "Zenoss Stable repo"
  url "http://dev.zenoss.com/yum/stable/"
  key "RPM-GPG-KEY-zenoss"
  action :add
end

# remove Zenoss repo
yum_repository "zenoss" do
  action :remove
end

Usage

Put recipe[yum::yum] in the run list to ensure yum is configured correctly for your environment within your Chef run.

Use the yum::epel recipe to enable EPEL, or the yum::ius recipe to enable IUS, or the yum::repoforge recipe to enable RepoForge, or the yum::remi recipe to enable remi per Recipes section above.

You can manage GPG keys either with cookbook_file in a recipe if you want to package it with a cookbook or use the url parameter of the key LWRP.

License and Author

Author:: Eric G. Wolfe
Author:: Matt Ray (matt@opscode.com)
Author:: Joshua Timberman (joshua@opscode.com)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.