yum-cron

Install and configure yum-cron or dnf-automatic to automatically install updates on RHEL.

Requirements

None

Role Variables

The configuration options for RHEL 6 and RHEL 7 are different. The options for RHEL 7 and 8 are mostly the same.

On RHEL 7, there are daily and hourly configuration files. You may use one option for both, or define daily and hourly keys within the variable and it will be used in the appropriate template. See defaults/main.yml for examples.

Note that not all options are independently configurable. Options that take independent daily and hourly commands are indicated by by a *.

Also note that boolean values, such as true and false, must be quoted to ensure they are literal strings since the underlying config files are expecting true and false, not True and False.

RHEL 7/8 Variables

Name	Default Value	Description
`yumcron_update_cmd`	`default`	What kind of update to run. `*`
`yumcron_update_messages`	`{daily: 'yes', hourly: 'no'}`	Whether message should be emitted when updates are available. `*`
`yumcron_download_updates`	`{daily: 'yes', hourly: 'no'}`	Whether updates should be downloaded if available. `*`
`yumcron_apply_updates`	`false`	Whether to install updates if available.
`yumcron_random_sleep`	`{daily: 360, hourly: 15}`	Max time to randomly sleep in minutes.
`yumcron_system_name`	`None`	Name to use for the system when messages are emitted. `*`
`yumcron_emit_via`	`stdio`	How to send messages. Valid options are `stdio` and `email`.
`yumcron_output_width`	`80`	Width in characters of emitted messages.
`yumcron_email_from`	`root@localhost`	Email to send messages from.
`yumcron_email_to`	`['root']`	List of email addresses to send messages to.
`yumcron_email_host`	`localhost`	Name of host to connect to to send email messages.
`yumcron_group_list`	`None`	List of groups to update.
`yumcron_group_package_types`	`['mandatory, 'default']`	Types of group packages to install.
`yumcron_debuglevel`	`-2`	Use this to filter yum core messages.
`yumcron_skip_broken`	`[undefined]`
`yumcron_mdpolicy`	`group:main`
`yumcron_assumeyes`	`[undefined]`	Auto-import new gpg keys (dangerous).
`yumcron_command_format`	`cat`
`yumcron_stdin_format`	`{body}`

RHEL 6 Variables

Name	Default Value	Description
`yumcron_yum_parameter`	`''`
`yumcron_check_only`	`'no'`	Just run `check-update` and do not download or install any packages.
`yumcron_check_first`	`'no'`	Ensure repos are reachable before doing anything.
`yumcron_download_only`	`'no'`	Only download updates but do not install them.
`yumcron_error_level`	`0`	Value passed to `--errorlevel` yum command line option.
`yumcron_debug_level`	`0`	Value passed to `--debuglevel` yum command line option.
`yumcron_randomwait`	`60`	Value passed to `--randomwait` yum command line option.
`yumcron_mailto`	`''`	Address to send messages to.
`yumcron_systemname`	`''`	Name of system to use in messages.
`yumcron_days_of_week`	`'0123456'`	Day numbers to run.
`yumcron_cleanday`	`'0'`	Day to clean `yum` cache.
`yumcron_service_waits`	`'yes'`	Whether or not to wait for service to complete before shutting down in the event the service manually is stopped while it's running.
`yumcron_service_wait_time`	`300`	Max wait time in seconds for the service to wait before returning failure.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

    - hosts: all

      vars:
        yumcron_apply_updates:
          daily: 'yes'
          hourly: 'no'

      roles:
         - samdoran.yum-cron

License

Apache 2.0

samdoran/ansible-role-yum-cron