OS Package Update

To install multiple packages on target nodes in a bulk operation, the package_update.yml playbook can be leveraged.

Prerequisites

• All target nodes should be running RHEL or Rocky (Versions 8.4, 8.5 or 8.6).

• Download the packages (RPMs) for the target nodes and place them in an empty folder: /install/<custom folder>.

  Note

  Do not use ISO files for updates or package installations.

• Create a package list by creating the following text file (For packages that are not in RHEL repos, name the file update.otherpkgs.pkglist. For OS packages, xxxx.pkglist) and placing it with the RPMs:

  <package1>-<version1>
  <package2>-<version2>
  <package3>-<version3>
  

To customize the package update, enter the following parameters in utils/package_update_config.yml:

Parameter	Details
os_type string Required	The operating system in use on the target compute nodes. Choices: rhel rocky
os_version string Required	OS version of target nodes in the cluster.
package_dir string Required	Path in which the package RPMs are stored. It should be a subfolder in /install. Example: /install/custom/
package_list string Required	Location path for the package list file For other packagelist, file name should be - (xxx.otherpkgs.pkglist) For os packagelist, file name should be - (xxx.pkglist) All packages in this list will be installed/updated on remote nodes
package_type string Required	Indicates whether the packages to be installed are os packages (ie they are available in baseos or appstream) or other (ie they’re not part of os repos, appstream or baseos) Choices: os other
nodelist string Required	Comma separated list of all target nodes in the cluster. Default values: all
reboot_required boolean Required	Indicates whether the remote nodes listed will be rebooted. Choices: true <- Default false

To run the playbook, run the following commands:

cd utils
ansible-playbook package_update.yml

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