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yum Operations

Manage yum packages and repositories. Note that yum package names are case-sensitive.

Facts used in these operations: rpm.RpmPackageProvides, rpm.RpmPackages.

yum.key

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Add yum gpg keys with rpm.

yum.key(src: 'str',
         **kwargs,
    )
  • src: filename or URL

Note: always returns one command, not state checking

Example:

from pyinfra import host
from pyinfra.operations import dnf
from pyinfra.facts.server import LinuxDistribution
linux_id = host.get_fact(LinuxDistribution)["release_meta"].get("ID")
yum.key(
    name="Add the Docker CentOS gpg key",
    src=f"https://download.docker.com/linux/{linux_id}/gpg",
)

Global arguments

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

yum.packages

Install/remove/update yum packages & updates.

yum.packages(
         packages: 'str | list[str] | None' = None,
         present=True,
         latest=False,
         update=False,
         clean=False,
         nobest=False,
         extra_install_args: 'str | None' = None,
         extra_uninstall_args: 'str | None' = None,
         **kwargs,
    )
  • packages: list of packages to ensure
  • present: whether the packages should be installed
  • latest: whether to upgrade packages without a specified version
  • update: run yum update before installing packages
  • clean: run yum clean all before installing packages
  • nobest: add the no best option to install
  • extra_install_args: additional arguments to the yum install command
  • extra_uninstall_args: additional arguments to the yum uninstall command

Versions: Package versions can be pinned as follows: <pkg>=<version>

Examples:

# Update package list and install packages
yum.packages(
    name="Install Vim and Vim enhanced",
    packages=["vim-enhanced", "vim"],
    update=True,
)

# Install the latest versions of packages (always check)
yum.packages(
    name="Install latest Vim",
    packages=["vim"],
    latest=True,
)

Global arguments

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

yum.repo

Add/remove/update yum repositories.

yum.repo(
         src: 'str',
         present=True,
         baseurl: 'str | None' = None,
         description: 'str | None' = None,
         enabled=True,
         gpgcheck=True,
         gpgkey: 'str | None' = None,
         **kwargs,
    )
  • src: URL or name for the .repo file
  • present: whether the .repo file should be present
  • baseurl: the baseurl of the repo (if src is not a URL)
  • description: optional verbose description
  • enabled: whether this repo is enabled
  • gpgcheck: whether set gpgcheck=1
  • gpgkey: the URL to the gpg key for this repo

Baseurl/description/gpgcheck/gpgkey: These are only valid when src is a filename (ie not a URL). This is for manual construction of repository files. Use a URL to download and install remote repository files.

Examples:

# Download a repository file
yum.repo(
    name="Install Docker-CE repo via URL",
    src="https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo",
)

# Create the repository file from baseurl/etc
yum.repo(
    name="Add the Docker repo",
    src="DockerCE",
    baseurl="https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/7/$basearch/stable",
)

Global arguments

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

yum.rpm

Add/remove .rpm file packages.

yum.rpm(src: 'str', present=True,
         **kwargs,
    )
  • src: filename or URL of the .rpm package
  • present: whether ore not the package should exist on the system

URL sources with present=False: If the .rpm file isn't downloaded, pyinfra can't remove any existing package as the file won't exist until mid-deploy.

Example:

major_version = host.get_fact(LinuxDistribution)["major"]
dnf.rpm(
   name="Install EPEL rpm to enable EPEL repo",
   src=f"https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-{major_version}.noarch.rpm",
)

Global arguments

This operation also inherits all global arguments.

yum.update

Stateless operation

This operation will always execute commands and is not idempotent.

Updates all yum packages.

yum.update**kwargs,    )

Global arguments

This operation also inherits all global arguments.