Manages Yum plugin to lock specified packages from being updated.
cookbook 'yum-plugin-versionlock', '~> 0.4.1'cookbook 'yum-plugin-versionlock', github: 'karnauskas/chef-yum-plugin-versionlock', tag: 'v0.4.1'https://github.com/karnauskas/chef-yum-plugin-versionlock
yum-plugin-versionlock::default- installs and configures yum plugin versionlock
yum_version_lockadd/remove/update lock for a given package
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
:add |
Adds a new lock or updates an exising one. |
:update |
Same as :add. Provided for backwards compatibility. |
:delete |
Deletes a lock, if it exists. |
| Name | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|
| package | String | Resource name |
| epoch | String, Integer | 0 |
| version | String, Integer | |
| release | String, Integer | |
| arch | String | node['kernel']['machine'] |
Create a lock if it does not exist:
yum_version_lock 'topbeat' do
version '1.2.3'
release '1'
action :add
endUpdate an existing lock or create a new one:
yum_version_lock 'topbeat' do
version '1.2.3'
release '1'
action :update
endRemove an existing lock:
yum_version_lock 'topbeat' do
version '1.2.3'
release '1'
action :remove
end| Attribute | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|
node['yum-plugin-versionlock']['enabled'] |
1 |
Whether to enable the plugin |
node['yum-plugin-versionlock']['follow_obsoletes'] |
0 |
Whether to see if specified packages have an obsoleter |
node['yum-plugin-versionlock']['locklist'] |
/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/versionlock.list |
Path to the config file |
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Author: Marius Karnauskas and Contributors