Ansible Role: epel-repo

Sets up EPEL release and/or testing repository on RedHat/CentOS OS family servers.

Uses the epel-release and epel-testing yum packages.

This role handles skipping its tasks for other OS types.

Requirements

None

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

epel_repo_release: True

This boolean variable enables the setup of the EPEL release (stable) repository.

epel_repo_release_state: present

The yum state of the epel-release package on the host.

epel_repo_testing: False

This boolean variable enables the setup of the EPEL testing repository.

epel_repo_testing_state: present

The yum state of the epel-testing package on the host.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

The most basic usage of this role in a play is as follows:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: 'tima.epel-repo'

To setup the EPEL release and testing channels:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: 'tima.epel-repo'
       epel_repo_testing: True

Contributions and Feedback

Any contributions are welcome. For any bugs or feature requests, please open an issue through Github.

License

Apache

Author

Created by Timothy Appnel.