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author | Micah Anderson <micah@riseup.net> | 2012-08-22 10:57:06 -0400 |
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committer | Micah Anderson <micah@riseup.net> | 2012-08-22 10:57:06 -0400 |
commit | 460c1d54d1d04c1dd648d60a0b10f473d801f9b8 (patch) | |
tree | e653cbdb1fc585d86eafbef84a4eff76a4830031 /README | |
parent | b528cd0005f263b3d2014cdc44d7461577821343 (diff) |
Add upgrade notices about the changes to parameterized classes; add a Requirements header; move things that used to be called variables into the appropriate parameterized class section
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
-rw-r--r-- | README | 210 |
1 files changed, 140 insertions, 70 deletions
@@ -15,6 +15,67 @@ prevent accidental upgrades. Ubuntu support is lagging behind but not absent either. +! Upgrade Notice ! + + * the apt class has been moved to a paramterized class. if you were including + this class before, after passing some variables, you will need to move to + instantiating the class with those variables instead. For example, if you + had the following in your manifests: + + $apt_debian_url = "http://localhost:9999/debian/" + $apt_use_next_release = true + include apt + + you will need to remove the variables, and the include and instead do + the following: + + class { 'apt': debian_url => "http://localhost:9999/debian/", use_next_release => true } + + * the apticron class has been moved to a parameterized class. if you were + including this class before, you will need to move to instantiating the + class instead. For example, if you had the following in your manifests: + + $apticron_email = "foo@example.com" + $apticron_notifynew = "1" + ... any $apticron_* variables + include apticron + + you will need to remove the variables, and the include and instead do the + following: + + class { 'apt::apticron': email => "foo@example.com", notifynew => '1' } + + * the apt::listchanges class has been moved to a paramterized class. if you + were including this class before, after passing some variables, you will need + to move to instantiating the class with those variables instead. For example, + if you had the following in your manifests: + + $apt_listchanges_email = "foo@example.com" + ... any $apt_listchanges_* variables + include apt::listchanges + + you will need to remove the variables, and the include and instead do the + following: + + class { 'apt::listchanges': email => "foo@example.com" } + + * the apt::proxy_client class has been moved to a paramterized class. if you + were including this class before, after passing some variables, you will need + to move to instantiating the class with those variables instead. For example, + if you had the following in your manifests: + + $apt_proxy = 'http://proxy.domain' + $apt_proxy_port = 666 + include apt::proxy_client + + you will need to remove the variables, and the include and instead do the + following: + + class { 'apt::proxy_client': proxy => 'http://proxy.domain', port => '666' } + +Requirements +============ + This module needs: - the lsb module: git://labs.riseup.net/shared-lsb @@ -65,26 +126,6 @@ pull in the templates/site_apt/sources.list file: $custom_sources_list = template("site_apt/sources.list") -$custom_preferences -------------------- - -Since Debian Lenny's version of APT doesn't support the use of the -preferences.d directory for putting fragments of 'preferences', this -module will manage a default generic apt/preferences file with more -recent releases pinned to very low values so that any package -installation will not accidentally pull in packages from those suites -unless you explicitly specify the version number. This file will be -complemented with all of the preferences_snippet calls (see below). - -If the default preferences template doesn't suit your needs, you can create a -template located in your site_apt module, and set $custom_preferences with the -content (eg. $custom_preferences = template('site_apt/preferences') ) - -Setting this variable to false before including this class will force the -apt/preferences file to be absent: - - $custom_preferences = false - $custom_key_dir --------------- @@ -96,92 +137,110 @@ exist there, this module will 'apt-key add' each key. The debian-archive-keyring package is installed and kept current up to the latest revision (this includes the backports archive keyring). -$apt_proxy / $apt_proxy_port ----------------------------- -When you include the apt::proxy_client class in your nodes, you can set the -$apt_proxy variable to the URL of the proxy that will be used. -By default, the proxy will be queried on port 3142, but you can change the port -number by setting the $apt_proxy_port variable. +Classes +======= -Here's an example of setting the proxy to 'http://proxy.domain' at port 666: +apt +--- + +The apt class sets up most of the documented functionality. To use functionality +that is not enabled by default, you must set one of the following parameters. + +Example usage: - $apt_proxy = 'http://proxy.domain' - $apt_proxy_port = 666 - include apt::proxy_client + class { 'apt': use_next_release => true, debian_url => 'http://localhost:9999/debian/" } -$apt_volatile_enabled +volatile_enabled ----------------- If this variable is set to true the Debian Volatile sources (until Lenny) or CODENAME-updates (such as squeeze-updates, supported since Squeeze) are added. + By default this is false for backward compatibility with older versions of this module. -$apt_include_src ----------------- +include_src +------------ If this variable is set to true a deb-src source is added for every added binary archive source. + By default this is false for backward compatibility with older versions of this module. -$apt_use_next_release ---------------------- +use_next_release +----------------- If this variable is set to true the sources for the next Debian release are added. The default pinning configuration pins it to very low values. + By default this is false for backward compatibility with older versions of this module. -$apt_debian_url, $apt_security_url, $apt_backports_url, $apt_volatile_url -------------------------------------------------------------------------- +debian_url, security_url, backports_url, volatile_url +------------------------------------------------------ These variables allow to override the default APT mirrors respectively used for the standard Debian archives, the Debian security archive, the Debian official backports and the Debian Volatile archive. -$apt_ubuntu_url +apt_ubuntu_url --------------- These variables allows to override the default APT mirror used for all standard Ubuntu archives (including updates, security, backports). -$apt_repos +apt_repos ---------- If this variable is set the default repositories list ("main contrib non-free") is overriden. -Classes -======= +custom_preferences +------------------- -apt ---- +Since Debian Lenny's version of APT doesn't support the use of the +preferences.d directory for putting fragments of 'preferences', this +module will manage a default generic apt/preferences file with more +recent releases pinned to very low values so that any package +installation will not accidentally pull in packages from those suites +unless you explicitly specify the version number. This file will be +complemented with all of the preferences_snippet calls (see below). + +If the default preferences template doesn't suit your needs, you can create a +template located in your site_apt module, and set custom_preferences with the +content (eg. custom_preferences => template('site_apt/preferences') ) + +Setting this variable to false before including this class will force the +apt/preferences file to be absent: + + class { 'apt': custom_preferences => false } -The apt class sets up most of the documented functionality. To use -functionality that is not enabled by default, you must include one of -the following classes. apt::apticron ------------- -When you include this class, apticron will be installed, with the following -defaults, which you are free to change before you include the class: - - $apticron_ensure_version = "present" - $apticron_email = "root" - $apticron_config = "apt/${::operatingsystem}/apticron_${::lsbrelease}.erb" - $apticron_diff_only = "1" - $apticron_listchanges_profile = "apticron" - $apticron_system = false - $apticron_ipaddressnum = false - $apticron_ipaddresses = false - $apticron_notifyholds = "0" - $apticron_notifynew = "0" - $apticron_customsubject = "" +When you instantiate this class, apticron will be installed, with the following +defaults, which you are free to change: + + $ensure_version = 'installed', + $config = "apt/${::operatingsystem}/apticron_${::lsbdistcodename}.erb", + $email = 'root', + $diff_only = '1', + $listchanges_profile = 'apticron', + $system = false, + $ipaddressnum = false, + $ipaddresses = false, + $notifyholds = '0', + $notifynew = '0', + $customsubject = '' + +Example usage: + + class { 'apt::apticron': email => "foo@example.com", notifynew => '1' } apt::cron::download ------------------- @@ -254,22 +313,33 @@ suppress superfluous help screens. apt::listchanges ---------------- -This class, when included, installs apt-listchanges and configures it using the -following variables, the defaults are below: +This class, when instantiated, installs apt-listchanges and configures it using +the following parameterized variables, which can be changed: - $apt_listchanges_version = "present" - $apt_listchanges_config = "apt/${::operatingsystem}/listchanges_${::lsbrelease}.erb" - $apt_listchanges_frontend = "pager" - $apt_listchanges_email = "root" - $apt_listchanges_confirm = "0" - $apt_listchanges_saveseen = "/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db" - $apt_listchanges_which = "both" + version = "present" + config = "apt/${::operatingsystem}/listchanges_${::lsbrelease}.erb" + frontend = "pager" + email = "root" + confirm = "0" + saveseen = "/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db" + which = "both" + Example usage: + class { 'apt::listchanges': email => "foo@example.com" } + apt::proxy_client ----------------- This class adds the right configuration to apt to make it fetch packages via a -proxy. The variables $apt_proxy and $apt_proxy_port need to be set (see above). +proxy. The class parameters apt_proxy and apt_proxy_port need to be set: + +You can set the 'proxy' class parameter variable to the URL of the proxy that +will be used. By default, the proxy will be queried on port 3142, but you can +change the port number by setting the 'port' class parameter. + +Example: + + class { 'apt::proxy_client': proxy => 'http://proxy.domain', port => '666' } apt::reboot_required_notify --------------------------- |