Ansible Role: Yum Config Manager

This role helps you manage software repositories using yum-config-manager on RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux).

Requirements

• You need Ansible version 2.4 or higher.
• This role works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or a similar system.
• You must have valid Red Hat subscriptions.

Role Variables

You can use the following variables:

• rhui_config_path - Path to where the repository configuration files are located. Default is /etc/yum.repos.d.
• rhui_config_name - Name of the file to modify for managing repositories. Default is redhat-rhui.repo.
• repositories - Used to specify which repositories to enable or disable (details below).

To enable or disable specific repositories, you can use this structure:

rhsm_repositories:
  enabled:
    - your-enabled-repository
  disabled:
    - your-disabled-repository

The repositories listed under disabled will be processed before those under enabled.

Dependencies

To run this role, you will need privilege escalation (sudo).

Example Playbook

Here’s a simple example of how to use this role in a playbook:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: ansible-role-yum_config_manager
  vars:
    repositories:
      enabled:
        - rhui-REGION-rhel-server-rhscl
        - rhui-REGION-rhel-server-debug-rhscl
      disabled:
        - rhui-REGION-rhel-server-source-rh-common

License

This role is licensed under Apache-2.0.

Author Information

This role was created by Joel Castillo (@joelbcastillo) for the NYC Department of Records Dev Team (@nycrecords).