community.general.yum_versionlock – Locks / unlocks a installed package(s) from being updated by yum package manager
community.general.yum_versionlock – Locks / unlocks a installed package(s) from being updated by yum package manager
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.0.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.yum_versionlock
.
New in version 2.0.0: of community.general
Synopsis
- This module adds installed packages to yum versionlock to prevent the package from being updated.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- yum
- yum-versionlock
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
name list / elements=string / required |
Package name or a list of packages. | |
state string |
|
If state is If state is |
Notes
Note
- Requires yum-plugin-versionlock package on the remote node.
- Supports
check_mode
.
Examples
- name: Prevent Apache / httpd from being updated
community.general.yum_versionlock:
state: present
name: httpd
- name: Prevent multiple packages from being updated
community.general.yum_versionlock:
state: present
name:
- httpd
- nginx
- haproxy
- curl
- name: Remove lock from Apache / httpd to be updated again
community.general.yum_versionlock:
state: absent
package: httpd
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
packages list / elements=string |
success |
A list of package(s) in versionlock list.
Sample: ['httpd'] |
state string |
success |
State of package(s).
Sample: present |
Authors
- Florian Paul Hoberg (@florianpaulhoberg)
- Amin Vakil (@aminvakil)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/general/yum_versionlock_module.html