zypper_repository – Add and remove Zypper repositories

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

  • Add or remove Zypper repositories on SUSE and openSUSE

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • zypper >= 1.0 # included in openSuSE >= 11.1 or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop >= 11.0
  • python-xml

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
auto_import_keys
boolean
added in 2.2
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Automatically import the gpg signing key of the new or changed repository.
Has an effect only if state is present. Has no effect on existing (unchanged) repositories or in combination with absent.
Implies runrefresh.
Only works with .repo files if `name` is given explicitly.
autorefresh
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Enable autorefresh of the repository.

aliases: refresh
description
-
A description of the repository
disable_gpg_check
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Whether to disable GPG signature checking of all packages. Has an effect only if state is present.
Needs zypper version >= 1.6.2.
enabled
boolean
added in 2.2
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Set repository to enabled (or disabled).
name
-
A name for the repository. Not required when adding repofiles.
overwrite_multiple
boolean
added in 2.1
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Overwrite multiple repository entries, if repositories with both name and URL already exist.
priority
-
added in 2.1
Set priority of repository. Packages will always be installed from the repository with the smallest priority number.
Needs zypper version >= 1.12.25.
repo
-
URI of the repository or .repo file. Required when state=present.
runrefresh
boolean
added in 2.2
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Refresh the package list of the given repository.
Can be used with repo=* to refresh all repositories.
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
A source string state.

Examples

# Add NVIDIA repository for graphics drivers
- zypper_repository:
    name: nvidia-repo
    repo: 'ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/12.2'
    state: present

# Remove NVIDIA repository
- zypper_repository:
    name: nvidia-repo
    repo: 'ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/12.2'
    state: absent

# Add python development repository
- zypper_repository:
    repo: 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/SLE_11_SP3/devel:languages:python.repo'

# Refresh all repos
- zypper_repository:
    repo: '*'
    runrefresh: yes

# Add a repo and add it's gpg key
- zypper_repository:
    repo: 'http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/'
    auto_import_keys: yes

# Force refresh of a repository
- zypper_repository:
    repo: 'http://my_internal_ci_repo/repo'
    name: my_ci_repo
    state: present
    runrefresh: yes

Status

Authors

  • Matthias Vogelgesang (@matze)

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