dnf – Manages packages with the dnf package manager
dnf – Manages packages with the dnf package manager
New in version 1.9.
Synopsis
- Installs, upgrade, removes, and lists packages and groups with the dnf package manager.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- python-dnf
- for the autoremove option you need dnf >= 2.0.1”
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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allow_downgrade boolean added in 2.7 |
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Specify if the named package and version is allowed to downgrade a maybe already installed higher version of that package. Note that setting allow_downgrade=True can make this module behave in a non-idempotent way. The task could end up with a set of packages that does not match the complete list of specified packages to install (because dependencies between the downgraded package and others can cause changes to the packages which were in the earlier transaction). |
autoremove boolean added in 2.4 |
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If |
bugfix boolean added in 2.7 |
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If set to |
conf_file - |
The remote dnf configuration file to use for the transaction. | |
disable_excludes - added in 2.7 |
Disable the excludes defined in DNF config files. If set to If set to If set to | |
disable_gpg_check boolean |
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Whether to disable the GPG checking of signatures of packages being installed. Has an effect only if state is present or latest. |
disable_plugin - added in 2.7 |
Plugin name to disable for the install/update operation. The disabled plugins will not persist beyond the transaction. | |
disablerepo - |
Repoid of repositories to disable for the install/update operation. These repos will not persist beyond the transaction. When specifying multiple repos, separate them with a ",". | |
download_only boolean added in 2.7 |
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Only download the packages, do not install them. |
enable_plugin - added in 2.7 |
Plugin name to enable for the install/update operation. The enabled plugin will not persist beyond the transaction. | |
enablerepo - |
Repoid of repositories to enable for the install/update operation. These repos will not persist beyond the transaction. When specifying multiple repos, separate them with a ",". | |
exclude - added in 2.7 |
Package name(s) to exclude when state=present, or latest. This can be a list or a comma separated string. | |
install_repoquery boolean added in 2.7 |
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This is effectively a no-op in DNF as it is not needed with DNF, but is an accepted parameter for feature parity/compatibility with the yum module. |
installroot - added in 2.3 |
Default: "/" |
Specifies an alternative installroot, relative to which all packages will be installed. |
list - |
Various (non-idempotent) commands for usage with | |
name - / required |
A package name or package specifier with version, like
| |
releasever - added in 2.6 |
Default: null |
Specifies an alternative release from which all packages will be installed. |
security boolean added in 2.7 |
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If set to |
skip_broken boolean added in 2.7 |
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Skip packages with broken dependencies(devsolve) and are causing problems. |
state - |
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Whether to install ( Default is |
update_cache boolean added in 2.7 |
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Force dnf to check if cache is out of date and redownload if needed. Has an effect only if state is present or latest.
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update_only boolean added in 2.7 |
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When using latest, only update installed packages. Do not install packages. Has an effect only if state is latest |
validate_certs boolean added in 2.7 |
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This only applies if using a https url as the source of the rpm. e.g. for localinstall. If set to This should only set to |
Notes
Note
- When used with a
loop:
each package will be processed individually, it is much more efficient to pass the list directly to thename
option. - Group removal doesn’t work if the group was installed with Ansible because upstream dnf’s API doesn’t properly mark groups as installed, therefore upon removal the module is unable to detect that the group is installed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1620324)
Examples
- name: install the latest version of Apache
dnf:
name: httpd
state: latest
- name: remove the Apache package
dnf:
name: httpd
state: absent
- name: install the latest version of Apache from the testing repo
dnf:
name: httpd
enablerepo: testing
state: present
- name: upgrade all packages
dnf:
name: "*"
state: latest
- name: install the nginx rpm from a remote repo
dnf:
name: 'http://nginx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm'
state: present
- name: install nginx rpm from a local file
dnf:
name: /usr/local/src/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
state: present
- name: install the 'Development tools' package group
dnf:
name: '@Development tools'
state: present
- name: Autoremove unneeded packages installed as dependencies
dnf:
autoremove: yes
- name: Uninstall httpd but keep its dependencies
dnf:
name: httpd
state: absent
autoremove: no
- name: install a modularity appstream with defined stream and profile
dnf:
name: '@postgresql:9.6/client'
state: present
- name: install a modularity appstream with defined stream
dnf:
name: '@postgresql:9.6'
state: present
- name: install a modularity appstream with defined profile
dnf:
name: '@postgresql/client'
state: present
Status
- This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Core Team. [core]
Red Hat Support
More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.
Authors
- Igor Gnatenko (@ignatenkobrain) <[email protected]>
- Cristian van Ee (@DJMuggs)
- Berend De Schouwer (@berenddeschouwer)
- Adam Miller (@maxamillion) <[email protected]>
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/dnf_module.html