salt.modules.yumpkg

Support for YUM/DNF

Important

If you feel that Salt should be using this module to manage packages on a minion, and it is using a different module (or gives an error similar to 'pkg.install' is not available), see here.

Note

DNF is fully supported as of version 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.4 (partial support for DNF was initially added in 2015.8.0), and DNF is used automatically in place of YUM in Fedora 22 and newer.

class salt.modules.yumpkg.AvailablePackages(*args, **kwargs)
salt.modules.yumpkg.clean_metadata(**kwargs)

New in version 2014.1.0.

Cleans local yum metadata. Functionally identical to refresh_db().

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.clean_metadata
salt.modules.yumpkg.del_repo(repo, basedir=None, **kwargs)

Delete a repo from <basedir> (default basedir: all dirs in reposdir yum option).

If the .repo file in which the repo exists does not contain any other repo configuration, the file itself will be deleted.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.del_repo myrepo
salt '*' pkg.del_repo myrepo basedir=/path/to/dir
salt '*' pkg.del_repo myrepo basedir=/path/to/dir,/path/to/another/dir
salt.modules.yumpkg.diff(*paths)

Return a formatted diff between current files and original in a package. NOTE: this function includes all files (configuration and not), but does not work on binary content.

Parameters

path -- Full path to the installed file

Returns

Difference string or raises and exception if examined file is binary.

CLI example:

salt '*' pkg.diff /etc/apache2/httpd.conf /etc/sudoers
salt.modules.yumpkg.download(*packages)

New in version 2015.5.0.

Download packages to the local disk. Requires yumdownloader from yum-utils package.

Note

yum-utils will already be installed on the minion if the package was installed from the Fedora / EPEL repositories.

CLI example:

salt '*' pkg.download httpd
salt '*' pkg.download httpd postfix
salt.modules.yumpkg.file_dict(*packages)

New in version 2014.1.0.

List the files that belong to a package, grouped by package. Not specifying any packages will return a list of every file on the system's rpm database (not generally recommended).

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.file_list httpd
salt '*' pkg.file_list httpd postfix
salt '*' pkg.file_list
salt.modules.yumpkg.file_list(*packages)

New in version 2014.1.0.

List the files that belong to a package. Not specifying any packages will return a list of every file on the system's rpm database (not generally recommended).

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.file_list httpd
salt '*' pkg.file_list httpd postfix
salt '*' pkg.file_list
salt.modules.yumpkg.get_repo(name, basedir=None, **kwargs)

Display a repo from <basedir> (default basedir: all dirs in reposdir yum option).

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.get_repo myrepo
salt '*' pkg.get_repo myrepo basedir=/path/to/dir
salt '*' pkg.get_repo myrepo basedir=/path/to/dir,/path/to/another/dir
salt.modules.yumpkg.group_diff(name)

New in version 2014.1.0.

Changed in version 2016.3.0,2015.8.4,2015.5.10: Environment groups are now supported. The key names have been renamed, similar to the changes made in pkg.group_info.

Lists which of a group's packages are installed and which are not installed

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.group_diff 'Perl Support'
salt.modules.yumpkg.group_info(name, expand=False)

New in version 2014.1.0.

Changed in version 2016.3.0,2015.8.4,2015.5.10: The return data has changed. A new key type has been added to distinguish environment groups from package groups. Also, keys for the group name and group ID have been added. The mandatory packages, optional packages, and default packages keys have been renamed to mandatory, optional, and default for accuracy, as environment groups include other groups, and not packages. Finally, this function now properly identifies conditional packages.

Lists packages belonging to a certain group

name

Name of the group to query

expandFalse

If the specified group is an environment group, then the group will be expanded and the return data will include package names instead of group names.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.group_info 'Perl Support'
salt.modules.yumpkg.group_install(name, skip=(), include=(), **kwargs)

New in version 2014.1.0.

Install the passed package group(s). This is basically a wrapper around pkg.install, which performs package group resolution for the user. This function is currently considered experimental, and should be expected to undergo changes.

name

Package group to install. To install more than one group, either use a comma-separated list or pass the value as a python list.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.group_install 'Group 1'
salt '*' pkg.group_install 'Group 1,Group 2'
salt '*' pkg.group_install '["Group 1", "Group 2"]'
skip

Packages that would normally be installed by the package group ("default" packages), which should not be installed. Can be passed either as a comma-separated list or a python list.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.group_install 'My Group' skip='foo,bar'
salt '*' pkg.group_install 'My Group' skip='["foo", "bar"]'
include

Packages which are included in a group, which would not normally be installed by a yum groupinstall ("optional" packages). Note that this will not enforce group membership; if you include packages which are not members of the specified groups, they will still be installed. Can be passed either as a comma-separated list or a python list.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.group_install 'My Group' include='foo,bar'
salt '*' pkg.group_install 'My Group' include='["foo", "bar"]'

Note

Because this is essentially a wrapper around pkg.install, any argument which can be passed to pkg.install may also be included here, and it will be passed along wholesale.

salt.modules.yumpkg.group_list()

New in version 2014.1.0.

Lists all groups known by yum on this system

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.group_list
salt.modules.yumpkg.hold(name=None, pkgs=None, sources=None, normalize=True, **kwargs)

New in version 2014.7.0.

Version-lock packages

Note

Requires the appropriate versionlock plugin package to be installed:

  • On RHEL 5: yum-versionlock

  • On RHEL 6 & 7: yum-plugin-versionlock

  • On Fedora: python-dnf-plugins-extras-versionlock

name

The name of the package to be held.

Multiple Package Options:

pkgs

A list of packages to hold. Must be passed as a python list. The name parameter will be ignored if this option is passed.

Returns a dict containing the changes.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.hold <package name>
salt '*' pkg.hold pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'
salt.modules.yumpkg.info_installed(*names, **kwargs)

New in version 2015.8.1.

Return the information of the named package(s), installed on the system.

Parameters

all_versions -- Include information for all versions of the packages installed on the minion.

CLI example:

salt '*' pkg.info_installed <package1>
salt '*' pkg.info_installed <package1> <package2> <package3> ...
salt '*' pkg.info_installed <package1> <package2> <package3> all_versions=True
salt.modules.yumpkg.install(name=None, refresh=False, skip_verify=False, pkgs=None, sources=None, downloadonly=False, reinstall=False, normalize=True, update_holds=False, saltenv='base', ignore_epoch=False, **kwargs)

Changed in version 2015.8.12,2016.3.3,2016.11.0: On minions running systemd>=205, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands which modify installed packages from the salt-minion daemon's control group. This is done to keep systemd from killing any yum/dnf commands spawned by Salt when the salt-minion service is restarted. (see KillMode in the systemd.kill(5) manpage for more information). If desired, usage of systemd-run(1) can be suppressed by setting a config option called systemd.scope, with a value of False (no quotes).

Install the passed package(s), add refresh=True to clean the yum database before package is installed.

name

The name of the package to be installed. Note that this parameter is ignored if either "pkgs" or "sources" is passed. Additionally, please note that this option can only be used to install packages from a software repository. To install a package file manually, use the "sources" option.

32-bit packages can be installed on 64-bit systems by appending the architecture designation (.i686, .i586, etc.) to the end of the package name.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.install <package name>
refresh

Whether or not to update the yum database before executing.

reinstall

Specifying reinstall=True will use yum reinstall rather than yum install for requested packages that are already installed.

If a version is specified with the requested package, then yum reinstall will only be used if the installed version matches the requested version.

Works with sources when the package header of the source can be matched to the name and version of an installed package.

New in version 2014.7.0.

skip_verify

Skip the GPG verification check (e.g., --nogpgcheck)

downloadonly

Only download the packages, do not install.

version

Install a specific version of the package, e.g. 1.2.3-4.el5. Ignored if "pkgs" or "sources" is passed.

Changed in version 2018.3.0: version can now contain comparison operators (e.g. >1.2.3, <=2.0, etc.)

update_holdsFalse

If True, and this function would update the package version, any packages held using the yum/dnf "versionlock" plugin will be unheld so that they can be updated. Otherwise, if this function attempts to update a held package, the held package(s) will be skipped and an error will be raised.

New in version 2016.11.0.

setopt

A comma-separated or Python list of key=value options. This list will be expanded and --setopt prepended to each in the yum/dnf command that is run.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.install foo setopt='obsoletes=0,plugins=0'

New in version 2019.2.0.

Repository Options:

fromrepo

Specify a package repository (or repositories) from which to install. (e.g., yum --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='somerepo')

enablerepo (ignored if fromrepo is specified)

Specify a disabled package repository (or repositories) to enable. (e.g., yum --enablerepo='somerepo')

disablerepo (ignored if fromrepo is specified)

Specify an enabled package repository (or repositories) to disable. (e.g., yum --disablerepo='somerepo')

disableexcludes

Disable exclude from main, for a repo or for everything. (e.g., yum --disableexcludes='main')

New in version 2014.7.0.

ignore_epochFalse

Only used when the version of a package is specified using a comparison operator (e.g. >4.1). If set to True, then the epoch will be ignored when comparing the currently-installed version to the desired version.

New in version 2018.3.0.

Multiple Package Installation Options:

pkgs

A list of packages to install from a software repository. Must be passed as a python list. A specific version number can be specified by using a single-element dict representing the package and its version.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.install pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'
salt '*' pkg.install pkgs='["foo", {"bar": "1.2.3-4.el5"}]'
sources

A list of RPM packages to install. Must be passed as a list of dicts, with the keys being package names, and the values being the source URI or local path to the package.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.install sources='[{"foo": "salt://foo.rpm"}, {"bar": "salt://bar.rpm"}]'
normalizeTrue

Normalize the package name by removing the architecture. This is useful for poorly created packages which might include the architecture as an actual part of the name such as kernel modules which match a specific kernel version.

salt -G role:nsd pkg.install gpfs.gplbin-2.6.32-279.31.1.el6.x86_64 normalize=False

New in version 2014.7.0.

diff_attr:

If a list of package attributes is specified, returned value will contain them, eg.:

{'<package>': {
    'old': {
        'version': '<old-version>',
        'arch': '<old-arch>'},

    'new': {
        'version': '<new-version>',
        'arch': '<new-arch>'}}}

Valid attributes are: epoch, version, release, arch, install_date, install_date_time_t.

If all is specified, all valid attributes will be returned.

New in version 2018.3.0.

Returns a dict containing the new package names and versions:

{'<package>': {'old': '<old-version>',
               'new': '<new-version>'}}

If an attribute list in diff_attr is specified, the dict will also contain any specified attribute, eg.:

{'<package>': {
    'old': {
        'version': '<old-version>',
        'arch': '<old-arch>'},

    'new': {
        'version': '<new-version>',
        'arch': '<new-arch>'}}}
salt.modules.yumpkg.latest_version(*names, **kwargs)

Return the latest version of the named package available for upgrade or installation. If more than one package name is specified, a dict of name/version pairs is returned.

If the latest version of a given package is already installed, an empty string will be returned for that package.

A specific repo can be requested using the fromrepo keyword argument, and the disableexcludes option is also supported.

New in version 2014.7.0: Support for the disableexcludes option

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.latest_version <package name>
salt '*' pkg.latest_version <package name> fromrepo=epel-testing
salt '*' pkg.latest_version <package name> disableexcludes=main
salt '*' pkg.latest_version <package1> <package2> <package3> ...
salt.modules.yumpkg.list_downloaded()

New in version 2017.7.0.

List prefetched packages downloaded by Yum in the local disk.

CLI example:

salt '*' pkg.list_downloaded
salt.modules.yumpkg.list_holds(pattern='[\\w+]+(?:[.-][^-]+)*', full=True)

Changed in version 2016.3.0,2015.8.4,2015.5.10: Function renamed from pkg.get_locked_pkgs to pkg.list_holds.

List information on locked packages

Note

Requires the appropriate versionlock plugin package to be installed:

  • On RHEL 5: yum-versionlock

  • On RHEL 6 & 7: yum-plugin-versionlock

  • On Fedora: python-dnf-plugins-extras-versionlock

pattern\w+(?:[.-][^-]+)*

Regular expression used to match the package name

fullTrue

Show the full hold definition including version and epoch. Set to False to return just the name of the package(s) being held.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.list_holds
salt '*' pkg.list_holds full=False
salt.modules.yumpkg.list_installed_patches()

New in version 2017.7.0.

List installed advisory patches on the system.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.list_installed_patches
salt.modules.yumpkg.list_patches(refresh=False)

New in version 2017.7.0.

List all known advisory patches from available repos.

refresh

force a refresh if set to True. If set to False (default) it depends on yum if a refresh is executed.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.list_patches
salt.modules.yumpkg.list_pkgs(versions_as_list=False, **kwargs)

List the packages currently installed as a dict. By default, the dict contains versions as a comma separated string:

{'<package_name>': '<version>[,<version>...]'}
versions_as_list:

If set to true, the versions are provided as a list

{'<package_name>': ['<version>', '<version>']}

attr:

If a list of package attributes is specified, returned value will contain them in addition to version, eg.:

{'<package_name>': [{'version' : 'version', 'arch' : 'arch'}]}

Valid attributes are: epoch, version, release, arch, install_date, install_date_time_t.

If all is specified, all valid attributes will be returned.

New in version 2018.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.list_pkgs
salt '*' pkg.list_pkgs attr=version,arch
salt '*' pkg.list_pkgs attr='["version", "arch"]'
salt.modules.yumpkg.list_repo_pkgs(*args, **kwargs)

New in version 2014.1.0.

Changed in version 2014.7.0: All available versions of each package are now returned. This required a slight modification to the structure of the return dict. The return data shown below reflects the updated return dict structure. Note that packages which are version-locked using pkg.hold will only show the currently-installed version, as locking a package will make other versions appear unavailable to yum/dnf.

Changed in version 2017.7.0: By default, the versions for each package are no longer organized by repository. To get results organized by repository, use byrepo=True.

Returns all available packages. Optionally, package names (and name globs) can be passed and the results will be filtered to packages matching those names. This is recommended as it speeds up the function considerably.

Warning

Running this function on RHEL/CentOS 6 and earlier will be more resource-intensive, as the version of yum that ships with older RHEL/CentOS has no yum subcommand for listing packages from a repository. Thus, a yum list installed and yum list available are run, which generates a lot of output, which must then be analyzed to determine which package information to include in the return data.

This function can be helpful in discovering the version or repo to specify in a pkg.installed state.

The return data will be a dictionary mapping package names to a list of version numbers, ordered from newest to oldest. If byrepo is set to True, then the return dictionary will contain repository names at the top level, and each repository will map packages to lists of version numbers. For example:

# With byrepo=False (default)
{
    'bash': ['4.1.2-15.el6_5.2',
             '4.1.2-15.el6_5.1',
             '4.1.2-15.el6_4'],
    'kernel': ['2.6.32-431.29.2.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.23.3.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.20.5.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.20.3.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.17.1.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.11.2.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.5.1.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.3.1.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6',
               '2.6.32-431.el6']
}
# With byrepo=True
{
    'base': {
        'bash': ['4.1.2-15.el6_4'],
        'kernel': ['2.6.32-431.el6']
    },
    'updates': {
        'bash': ['4.1.2-15.el6_5.2', '4.1.2-15.el6_5.1'],
        'kernel': ['2.6.32-431.29.2.el6',
                   '2.6.32-431.23.3.el6',
                   '2.6.32-431.20.5.el6',
                   '2.6.32-431.20.3.el6',
                   '2.6.32-431.17.1.el6',
                   '2.6.32-431.11.2.el6',
                   '2.6.32-431.5.1.el6',
                   '2.6.32-431.3.1.el6',
                   '2.6.32-431.1.2.0.1.el6']
    }
}
fromrepoNone

Only include results from the specified repo(s). Multiple repos can be specified, comma-separated.

enablerepo (ignored if fromrepo is specified)

Specify a disabled package repository (or repositories) to enable. (e.g., yum --enablerepo='somerepo')

New in version 2017.7.0.

disablerepo (ignored if fromrepo is specified)

Specify an enabled package repository (or repositories) to disable. (e.g., yum --disablerepo='somerepo')

New in version 2017.7.0.

byrepoFalse

When True, the return data for each package will be organized by repository.

New in version 2017.7.0.

cacheonlyFalse

When True, the repo information will be retrieved from the cached repo metadata. This is equivalent to passing the -C option to yum/dnf.

New in version 2017.7.0.

setopt

A comma-separated or Python list of key=value options. This list will be expanded and --setopt prepended to each in the yum/dnf command that is run.

New in version 2019.2.0.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs
salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs foo bar baz
salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs 'samba4*' fromrepo=base,updates
salt '*' pkg.list_repo_pkgs 'python2-*' byrepo=True
salt.modules.yumpkg.list_repos(basedir=None)

Lists all repos in <basedir> (default: all dirs in reposdir yum option).

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.list_repos
salt '*' pkg.list_repos basedir=/path/to/dir
salt '*' pkg.list_repos basedir=/path/to/dir,/path/to/another/dir
salt.modules.yumpkg.list_upgrades(refresh=True, **kwargs)

Check whether or not an upgrade is available for all packages

The fromrepo, enablerepo, and disablerepo arguments are supported, as used in pkg states, and the disableexcludes option is also supported.

New in version 2014.7.0: Support for the disableexcludes option

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.list_upgrades
salt.modules.yumpkg.mod_repo(repo, basedir=None, **kwargs)

Modify one or more values for a repo. If the repo does not exist, it will be created, so long as the following values are specified:

repo

name by which the yum refers to the repo

name

a human-readable name for the repo

baseurl

the URL for yum to reference

mirrorlist

the URL for yum to reference

Key/Value pairs may also be removed from a repo's configuration by setting a key to a blank value. Bear in mind that a name cannot be deleted, and a baseurl can only be deleted if a mirrorlist is specified (or vice versa).

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.mod_repo reponame enabled=1 gpgcheck=1
salt '*' pkg.mod_repo reponame basedir=/path/to/dir enabled=1
salt '*' pkg.mod_repo reponame baseurl= mirrorlist=http://host.com/
salt.modules.yumpkg.modified(*packages, **flags)

List the modified files that belong to a package. Not specifying any packages will return a list of _all_ modified files on the system's RPM database.

New in version 2015.5.0.

Filtering by flags (True or False):

size

Include only files where size changed.

mode

Include only files which file's mode has been changed.

checksum

Include only files which MD5 checksum has been changed.

device

Include only files which major and minor numbers has been changed.

symlink

Include only files which are symbolic link contents.

owner

Include only files where owner has been changed.

group

Include only files where group has been changed.

time

Include only files where modification time of the file has been changed.

capabilities

Include only files where capabilities differ or not. Note: supported only on newer RPM versions.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.modified
salt '*' pkg.modified httpd
salt '*' pkg.modified httpd postfix
salt '*' pkg.modified httpd owner=True group=False
salt.modules.yumpkg.normalize_name(name)

Strips the architecture from the specified package name, if necessary. Circumstances where this would be done include:

  • If the arch is 32 bit and the package name ends in a 32-bit arch.

  • If the arch matches the OS arch, or is noarch.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.normalize_name zsh.x86_64
salt.modules.yumpkg.owner(*paths)

New in version 2014.7.0.

Return the name of the package that owns the file. Multiple file paths can be passed. Like pkg.version, if a single path is passed, a string will be returned, and if multiple paths are passed, a dictionary of file/package name pairs will be returned.

If the file is not owned by a package, or is not present on the minion, then an empty string will be returned for that path.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.owner /usr/bin/apachectl
salt '*' pkg.owner /usr/bin/apachectl /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
salt.modules.yumpkg.parse_arch(name)

Parse name and architecture from the specified package name.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.parse_arch zsh.x86_64
salt.modules.yumpkg.purge(name=None, pkgs=None, **kwargs)

Changed in version 2015.8.12,2016.3.3,2016.11.0: On minions running systemd>=205, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands which modify installed packages from the salt-minion daemon's control group. This is done to keep systemd from killing any yum/dnf commands spawned by Salt when the salt-minion service is restarted. (see KillMode in the systemd.kill(5) manpage for more information). If desired, usage of systemd-run(1) can be suppressed by setting a config option called systemd.scope, with a value of False (no quotes).

Package purges are not supported by yum, this function is identical to pkg.remove.

name

The name of the package to be purged

Multiple Package Options:

pkgs

A list of packages to delete. Must be passed as a python list. The name parameter will be ignored if this option is passed.

New in version 0.16.0.

Returns a dict containing the changes.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.purge <package name>
salt '*' pkg.purge <package1>,<package2>,<package3>
salt '*' pkg.purge pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'
salt.modules.yumpkg.refresh_db(**kwargs)

Check the yum repos for updated packages

Returns:

  • True: Updates are available

  • False: An error occurred

  • None: No updates are available

repo

Refresh just the specified repo

disablerepo

Do not refresh the specified repo

enablerepo

Refresh a disabled repo using this option

branch

Add the specified branch when refreshing

disableexcludes

Disable the excludes defined in your config files. Takes one of three options: - all - disable all excludes - main - disable excludes defined in [main] in yum.conf - repoid - disable excludes defined for that repo

setopt

A comma-separated or Python list of key=value options. This list will be expanded and --setopt prepended to each in the yum/dnf command that is run.

New in version 2019.2.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.refresh_db
salt.modules.yumpkg.remove(name=None, pkgs=None, **kwargs)

Changed in version 2015.8.12,2016.3.3,2016.11.0: On minions running systemd>=205, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands which modify installed packages from the salt-minion daemon's control group. This is done to keep systemd from killing any yum/dnf commands spawned by Salt when the salt-minion service is restarted. (see KillMode in the systemd.kill(5) manpage for more information). If desired, usage of systemd-run(1) can be suppressed by setting a config option called systemd.scope, with a value of False (no quotes).

Remove packages

name

The name of the package to be removed

Multiple Package Options:

pkgs

A list of packages to delete. Must be passed as a python list. The name parameter will be ignored if this option is passed.

New in version 0.16.0.

Returns a dict containing the changes.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.remove <package name>
salt '*' pkg.remove <package1>,<package2>,<package3>
salt '*' pkg.remove pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'
salt.modules.yumpkg.unhold(name=None, pkgs=None, sources=None, **kwargs)

New in version 2014.7.0.

Remove version locks

Note

Requires the appropriate versionlock plugin package to be installed:

  • On RHEL 5: yum-versionlock

  • On RHEL 6 & 7: yum-plugin-versionlock

  • On Fedora: python-dnf-plugins-extras-versionlock

name

The name of the package to be unheld

Multiple Package Options:

pkgs

A list of packages to unhold. Must be passed as a python list. The name parameter will be ignored if this option is passed.

Returns a dict containing the changes.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.unhold <package name>
salt '*' pkg.unhold pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'
salt.modules.yumpkg.update(name=None, pkgs=None, refresh=True, skip_verify=False, normalize=True, minimal=False, obsoletes=False, **kwargs)

New in version 2019.2.0.

Calls pkg.upgrade with obsoletes=False. Mirrors the CLI behavior of yum update. See pkg.upgrade for further documentation.

salt '*' pkg.update
salt.modules.yumpkg.upgrade(name=None, pkgs=None, refresh=True, skip_verify=False, normalize=True, minimal=False, obsoletes=True, **kwargs)

Run a full system upgrade (a yum upgrade or dnf upgrade), or upgrade specified packages. If the packages aren't installed, they will not be installed.

Changed in version 2014.7.0.

Changed in version 2015.8.12,2016.3.3,2016.11.0: On minions running systemd>=205, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands which modify installed packages from the salt-minion daemon's control group. This is done to keep systemd from killing any yum/dnf commands spawned by Salt when the salt-minion service is restarted. (see KillMode in the systemd.kill(5) manpage for more information). If desired, usage of systemd-run(1) can be suppressed by setting a config option called systemd.scope, with a value of False (no quotes).

Changed in version 2019.2.0: Added obsoletes and minimal arguments

Returns a dictionary containing the changes:

{'<package>':  {'old': '<old-version>',
                'new': '<new-version>'}}

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.upgrade
salt '*' pkg.upgrade name=openssl

Repository Options:

fromrepo

Specify a package repository (or repositories) from which to install. (e.g., yum --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='somerepo')

enablerepo (ignored if fromrepo is specified)

Specify a disabled package repository (or repositories) to enable. (e.g., yum --enablerepo='somerepo')

disablerepo (ignored if fromrepo is specified)

Specify an enabled package repository (or repositories) to disable. (e.g., yum --disablerepo='somerepo')

disableexcludes

Disable exclude from main, for a repo or for everything. (e.g., yum --disableexcludes='main')

New in version 2014.7.

name

The name of the package to be upgraded. Note that this parameter is ignored if "pkgs" is passed.

32-bit packages can be upgraded on 64-bit systems by appending the architecture designation (.i686, .i586, etc.) to the end of the package name.

Warning: if you forget 'name=' and run pkg.upgrade openssl, ALL packages are upgraded. This will be addressed in next releases.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.upgrade name=openssl

New in version 2016.3.0.

pkgs

A list of packages to upgrade from a software repository. Must be passed as a python list. A specific version number can be specified by using a single-element dict representing the package and its version. If the package was not already installed on the system, it will not be installed.

CLI Examples:

salt '*' pkg.upgrade pkgs='["foo", "bar"]'
salt '*' pkg.upgrade pkgs='["foo", {"bar": "1.2.3-4.el5"}]'

New in version 2016.3.0.

normalizeTrue

Normalize the package name by removing the architecture. This is useful for poorly created packages which might include the architecture as an actual part of the name such as kernel modules which match a specific kernel version.

salt -G role:nsd pkg.upgrade gpfs.gplbin-2.6.32-279.31.1.el6.x86_64 normalize=False

New in version 2016.3.0.

minimalFalse

Use upgrade-minimal instead of upgrade (e.g., yum upgrade-minimal) Goes to the 'newest' package match which fixes a problem that affects your system.

salt '*' pkg.upgrade minimal=True

New in version 2019.2.0.

obsoletesTrue

Controls wether yum/dnf should take obsoletes into account and remove them. If set to False yum will use update instead of upgrade and dnf will be run with --obsoletes=False

salt '*' pkg.upgrade obsoletes=False

New in version 2019.2.0.

setopt

A comma-separated or Python list of key=value options. This list will be expanded and --setopt prepended to each in the yum/dnf command that is run.

New in version 2019.2.0.

Note

To add extra arguments to the yum upgrade command, pass them as key word arguments. For arguments without assignments, pass True

salt '*' pkg.upgrade security=True exclude='kernel*'
salt.modules.yumpkg.upgrade_available(name, **kwargs)

Check whether or not an upgrade is available for a given package

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.upgrade_available <package name>
salt.modules.yumpkg.verify(*names, **kwargs)

New in version 2014.1.0.

Runs an rpm -Va on a system, and returns the results in a dict

Pass options to modify rpm verify behavior using the verify_options keyword argument

Files with an attribute of config, doc, ghost, license or readme in the package header can be ignored using the ignore_types keyword argument

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.verify
salt '*' pkg.verify httpd
salt '*' pkg.verify 'httpd postfix'
salt '*' pkg.verify 'httpd postfix' ignore_types=['config','doc']
salt '*' pkg.verify 'httpd postfix' verify_options=['nodeps','nosize']
salt.modules.yumpkg.version(*names, **kwargs)

Returns a string representing the package version or an empty string if not installed. If more than one package name is specified, a dict of name/version pairs is returned.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.version <package name>
salt '*' pkg.version <package1> <package2> <package3> ...
salt.modules.yumpkg.version_cmp(pkg1, pkg2, ignore_epoch=False)

New in version 2015.5.4.

Do a cmp-style comparison on two packages. Return -1 if pkg1 < pkg2, 0 if pkg1 == pkg2, and 1 if pkg1 > pkg2. Return None if there was a problem making the comparison.

ignore_epochFalse

Set to True to ignore the epoch when comparing versions

New in version 2015.8.10,2016.3.2.

CLI Example:

salt '*' pkg.version_cmp '0.2-001' '0.2.0.1-002'