community.general.yum_versionlock (3.8.10) — module

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==3.8.10

Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.general
      version: 3.8.10

Description

This module adds installed packages to yum versionlock to prevent the package(s) from being updated.

Requirements

• yum
• yum-versionlock

Usage examples

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- name: Prevent Apache / httpd from being updated
  community.general.yum_versionlock:
    state: present
    name: httpd

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- name: Prevent multiple packages from being updated
  community.general.yum_versionlock:
    state: present
    name:
    - httpd
    - nginx
    - haproxy
    - curl

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- name: Remove lock from Apache / httpd to be updated again
  community.general.yum_versionlock:
    state: absent
    package: httpd

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - Package name or a list of package names with optional wildcards.
    elements: str
    required: true
    type: list

state:
    choices:
    - absent
    - present
    default: present
    description:
    - If state is C(present), package(s) will be added to yum versionlock list.
    - If state is C(absent), package(s) will be removed from yum versionlock list.
    type: str

Outputs

packages:
  description: A list of package(s) in versionlock list.
  elements: str
  returned: success
  sample:
  - httpd
  type: list
state:
  description: State of package(s).
  returned: success
  sample: present
  type: str