ansible-role-epel

Installs and activates EPEL on a variety of RedHat flavors

Dependencies

Roles

• deitkrachten.facts

Collections

None

Platforms

Supported platforms

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
• CentOS Stream 9
• CentOS Stream 10
• RockyLinux 8
• RockyLinux 9
• RockyLinux 10
• OracleLinux 8
• OracleLinux 9
• OracleLinux 10
• AlmaLinux 8
• AlmaLinux 9
• AlmaLinux 10

Note: ¹ : no automated testing is performed on these platforms

Role Variables

defaults/main.yml

# list of default satellite repostories to enable
epel_satellite_repositories_default: []

# list of epel satellite repostories to disable
epel_satellite_repositories_epel: []

# Mode to operate in
epel_state: enabled


# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# EPEL mode 'public'
# ----------------------------------------------------------------

# EPEL mode
epel_mode: public

# EPEL rpm url
epel_rpm_package: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-{{ ansible_facts.distribution_major_version }}.noarch.rpm

# EPEL GPG download location
epel_gpgkey_url: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_facts.distribution_major_version }}

# Location of GPG key on disk
epel_gpgkey_file: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_facts.distribution_major_version }}


# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# EPEL mode 'private'
# ----------------------------------------------------------------

# EPEL mode
# epel_mode: private

# EPEL repo name
epel_repo_name: epel

# EPEL repository description
epel_repo_description: epel

# EPEL repository url
# epel_repo_url: https://www.example.com/epel

defaults/CentOS-7.yml

# List of EPEL packages
epel_packages:
  - epel-release

defaults/CentOS-8.yml

# List of EPEL packages
epel_packages:
  - epel-release

defaults/CentOS-Stream-8.yml

# List of EPEL packages
epel_packages:
  - epel-release
  - epel-next-release

defaults/CentOS-Stream-9.yml

# List of EPEL packages
epel_packages:
  - epel-release
  - epel-next-release

defaults/OracleLinux.yml

# OracleLinux RPM
epel_packages:
  - oracle-epel-release-el{{ ansible_facts.distribution_major_version }}

defaults/RedHat-7.yml

# List of satellite repositories to enable
epel_satellite_repositories_default:
  - rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
  - rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
  - rhel-ha-for-rhel-7-server-rpms

defaults/RedHat-8.yml

# List of satellite repositories to enable
epel_satellite_repositories_default:
  - codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms

defaults/RedHat-9.yml

# List of satellite repositories to enable
epel_satellite_repositories_default:
  - codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-x86_64-rpms

Example Playbook

molecule/default/converge.yml

- name: sample playbook for role 'epel'
  hosts: all
  become: 'yes'
  roles:
    - deitkrachten.facts
  tasks:
    - name: Include role 'epel'
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: epel