Ansible Role: epel

Installs the EPEL repository (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) for RHEL/CentOS.

Requirements

This role only is needed/runs on RHEL and its derivatives.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

epel_repo_url: "http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/{{ ansible_userspace_architecture }}{{ '/' if ansible_distribution_major_version < '7' else '/e/' }}epel-release-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}-{{ epel_release[ansible_distribution_major_version] }}.noarch.rpm"
epel_repo_gpg_key_url: "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}"

The EPEL repo URL and GPG key URL. Generally, these should not be changed, but if this role is out of date, or if you need a very specific version, these can both be overridden.

epel_repo_disable: false

Set to true to disable the EPEL repo (even if already installed).

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
    roles:
    - shaneholloman.epel

License

Unlicense

Author Information

This role was created in 2023