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Task that upgrades all packages
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Version information

  • 0.1.2 (latest)
  • 0.1.1 (deleted)
  • 0.1.0 (deleted)
released Jan 22nd 2018
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x, 2017.2.x, 2017.1.x, 2016.5.x, 2016.4.x
  • Puppet >= 4.7.0 < 6.0.0
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Tasks:
  • upgrade

Start using this module

  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'jacobmw-upgrade', '0.1.2'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add jacobmw-upgrade
Learn more about using this module with an existing project

Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install jacobmw-upgrade --version 0.1.2

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Documentation

jacobmw/upgrade — version 0.1.2 Jan 22nd 2018

upgrade

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Requirements
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  5. Getting help - Some Helpful commands

Description

This module provides the upgrade task. This allows you to install all available package updates with the ability to specify packages to exclude.

Requirements

This module is compatible with Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Bolt.

  • To run tasks with Puppet Enterprise, PE 2017.3 or later must be installed on the machine from which you are running task commands. Machines receiving task requests must be Puppet agents.
  • To run tasks with Puppet Bolt, Bolt 0.5 or later must be installed on the machine from which you are running task commands. Machines receiving task requests must have SSH

Usage

To run a package task, use the task command, specifying the action and the name of the package.

  • With PE on the command line, run puppet task run upgrade exclude=<PACKAGES_TO_EXCLUDE>.
  • With Bolt on the command line, run bolt task run upgrade exclude=<PACKAGES_TO_EXCLUDE>.

You can also run tasks in the PE console. See PE task documentation for complete information.

Reference

To view the available actions and parameters, on the command line, run puppet task show upgrade.

Limitations

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Development

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Release Notes/Contributors/Etc. Optional

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