Saturday, February 26, 2022

[SOLVED] Importing/adding a yum .repo file using Ansible

Issue

I'm trying to install MariaDB (or any software) from a custom repository using Ansible but I am not sure how to import the .repo file using the yum/href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/yum_repository_module.html" rel="noreferrer">yum_repository modules.

Ansible

Here is my playbook:

-
    hosts: all
    become: true
    remote_user: root
    tasks:
        -
            name: set system timezone
            timezone:
                name: America/Toronto
        -
            name: add custom repository
            yum_repository:
                name: centos_o
                description: custom repositories
                baseurl: http://example.net/mirror/centos_o.repo
        -
            name: ensure mariadb is installed
            yum:
                name: mariadb-server-5.5.*
                state: installed

I've tried all include, metalink, baseurl, and mirrorlist with no luck. Also I am missing the GPG key step, but I can't even get the repo added properly.

The centos_o.repo file looks like this:

# JENKINS
[jenkins]
name=CentOS-$releasever - JENKINS
baseurl=http://example.net/mirror/jenkins/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

# MariaDB 5.5
[mariadb]
name=CentOS-$releasever - MariaDB
baseurl=http://example.net/mirror/mariadb/yum/5.5/centos$releasever-amd64/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

# MariaDB 10.0
[mariadb]
name=CentOS-$releasever - MariaDB
baseurl=http://example.net/mirror/mariadb/yum/10.0/centos$releasever-amd64/
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1

Shell

This is the shell script version that I am trying to convert to Ansible:

yum clean all
yum-config-manager --add-repo=http://example.net/mirror/centos_o.repo
yum-config-manager --enable mariadb
rpm --import http://example.net/mirror/mariadb/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB

If it makes any difference, I am running this with Vagrant's Ansible local provisioner on a CentOS box.


Solution

It appears that you are correct, they don't offer what you are after. Their model is such that you would call yum_repository: 3 times, once with each of the baseurl= values you already have in your .repo file.

Thus, given your circumstance, I'd recommend just using command: to run the yum-config-manager --add-repo just as you are in shell. The only catch to that would be if yum-config-manager --add-repo= isn't idempotent, in which case you'd have to guard that command: by hand to keep it from adding that same repo file over and over with each run.



Answered By - mdaniel
Answer Checked By - Willingham (WPSolving Volunteer)
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