apt

Table of Contents

1. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
2. Setup - The basics of getting started with apt
   • What apt affects
   • Beginning with apt
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
   • Add GPG keys
   • Prioritize backports
   • Update the list of packages
   • Pin a specific release
   • Add a Personal Package Archive repository
   • Configure Apt from Hiera
   • Replace the default sources.list file
4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Module Description

The apt module lets you use Puppet to manage APT (Advanced Package Tool) sources, keys, and other configuration options.

APT is a package manager available on Debian, Ubuntu, and several other operating systems. The apt module provides a series of classes, defines, types, and facts to help you automate APT package management.

Note: Prior to Puppet 7, for this module to correctly autodetect which version of Debian/Ubuntu (or derivative) you're running, you need to make sure the lsb-release package is installed. With Puppet 7 the lsb-release package is not needed.

Setup

What apt affects

• Your system's preferences file and preferences.d directory
• Your system's sources.list file and sources.list.d directory
• Your system's apt.conf.d directory
• System repositories
• Authentication keys

Note: This module offers purge parameters which, if set to true, destroy any configuration on the node's sources.list(.d), preferences(.d) and apt.conf.d that you haven't declared through Puppet. The default for these parameters is false.

Beginning with apt

To use the apt module with default parameters, declare the apt class.

include apt

Note: The main apt class is required by all other classes, types, and defined types in this module. You must declare it whenever you use the module.

Usage

Add GPG keys

Warning: Using short key IDs presents a serious security issue, potentially leaving you open to collision attacks. We recommend you always use full fingerprints to identify your GPG keys. This module allows short keys, but issues a security warning if you use them.

Declare the apt::key defined type:

apt::key { 'puppetlabs':
  id      => '6F6B15509CF8E59E6E469F327F438280EF8D349F',
  server  => 'pgp.mit.edu',
  options => 'http-proxy="http://proxyuser:proxypass@example.org:3128"',
}

Prioritize backports

class { 'apt::backports':
  pin => 500,
}

By default, the apt::backports class drops a pin file for backports, pinning it to a priority of 200. This is lower than the normal default of 500, so packages with ensure => latest don't get upgraded from backports without your explicit permission.

If you raise the priority through the pin parameter to 500, normal policy goes into effect and Apt installs or upgrades to the newest version. This means that if a package is available from backports, it and its dependencies are pulled in from backports unless you explicitly set the ensure attribute of the package resource to installed/present or a specific version.

Update the list of packages

By default, Puppet runs apt-get update on the first Puppet run after you include the apt class, and anytime notify => Exec['apt_update'] occurs; i.e., whenever config files get updated or other relevant changes occur. If you set update['frequency'] to 'always', the update runs on every Puppet run. You can also set update['frequency'] to 'daily' or 'weekly':

class { 'apt':
  update => {
    frequency => 'daily',
  },
}

When Exec['apt_update'] is triggered, it generates a notice-level message. Because the default logging level for agents is notice, this causes the repository update to appear in agent logs. To silence these updates from the default log output, set the loglevel metaparameter for Exec['apt_update'] above the agent logging level:

class { 'apt':
  update => {
    frequency => 'daily',
    loglevel  => 'debug',
  },
}

NOTE: Every Exec['apt_update'] run will generate a corrective change, even if the apt caches are not updated. For example, setting an update frequency of always can result in every Puppet run resulting in a corrective change. This is a known issue. For details, see MODULES-10763.

Pin a specific release

apt::pin { 'karmic': priority => 700 }
apt::pin { 'karmic-updates': priority => 700 }
apt::pin { 'karmic-security': priority => 700 }

You can also specify more complex pins using distribution properties:

apt::pin { 'stable':
  priority        => -10,
  originator      => 'Debian',
  release_version => '3.0',
  component       => 'main',
  label           => 'Debian'
}

To pin multiple packages, pass them to the packages parameter as an array or a space-delimited string.

Add a Personal Package Archive (PPA) repository

apt::ppa { 'ppa:drizzle-developers/ppa': }

Add an Apt source to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

apt::source { 'debian_unstable':
  comment  => 'This is the iWeb Debian unstable mirror',
  location => 'http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/',
  release  => 'unstable',
  repos    => 'main contrib non-free',
  pin      => '-10',
  key      => {
    'id'     => 'A1BD8E9D78F7FE5C3E65D8AF8B48AD6246925553',
    'server' => 'subkeys.pgp.net',
  },
  include  => {
    'src' => true,
    'deb' => true,
  },
}

To use the Puppet Apt repository as a source:

apt::source { 'puppetlabs':
  location => 'http://apt.puppetlabs.com',
  repos    => 'main',
  key      => {
    'id'     => '6F6B15509CF8E59E6E469F327F438280EF8D349F',
    'server' => 'pgp.mit.edu',
  },
}

Configure Apt from Hiera

Instead of specifying your sources directly as resources, you can instead just include the apt class, which will pick up the values automatically from hiera.

apt::sources:
  'debian_unstable':
    comment: 'This is the iWeb Debian unstable mirror'
    location: 'http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/'
    release: 'unstable'
    repos: 'main contrib non-free'
    pin: '-10'
    key:
      id: 'A1BD8E9D78F7FE5C3E65D8AF8B48AD6246925553'
      server: 'subkeys.pgp.net'
    include:
      src: true
      deb: true

  'puppetlabs':
    location: 'http://apt.puppetlabs.com'
    repos: 'main'
    key:
      id: '6F6B15509CF8E59E6E469F327F438280EF8D349F'
      server: 'pgp.mit.edu'

Replace the default sources.list file

The following example replaces the default /etc/apt/sources.list. Along with this code, be sure to use the purge parameter, or you might get duplicate source warnings when running Apt.

apt::source { "archive.ubuntu.com-${facts['os']['distro']['codename']}":
  location => 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu',
  key      => '630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5',
  repos    => 'main universe multiverse restricted',
}

apt::source { "archive.ubuntu.com-${facts['os']['distro']['codename']}-security":
  location => 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu',
  key      => '630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5',
  repos    => 'main universe multiverse restricted',
  release  => "${facts['os']['distro']['codename']}-security"
}

apt::source { "archive.ubuntu.com-${facts['os']['distro']['codename']}-updates":
  location => 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu',
  key      => '630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5',
  repos    => 'main universe multiverse restricted',
  release  => "${facts['os']['distro']['codename']}-updates"
}

apt::source { "archive.ubuntu.com-${facts['os']['distro']['codename']}-backports":
 location => 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu',
 key      => '630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5',
 repos    => 'main universe multiverse restricted',
 release  => "${facts['os']['distro']['codename']}-backports"
}

Manage login configuration settings for an APT source or proxy in /etc/apt/auth.conf

Starting with APT version 1.5, you can define login configuration settings, such as username and password, for APT sources or proxies that require authentication in the /etc/apt/auth.conf file. This is preferable to embedding login information directly in source.list entries, which are usually world-readable.

The /etc/apt/auth.conf file follows the format of netrc (used by ftp or curl) and has restrictive file permissions. See here for details.

Use the optional apt::auth_conf_entries parameter to specify an array of hashes containing login configuration settings. These hashes may only contain the machine, login and password keys.

class { 'apt':
  auth_conf_entries => [
    {
      'machine'  => 'apt-proxy.example.net',
      'login'    => 'proxylogin',
      'password' => 'proxypassword',
    },
    {
      'machine'  => 'apt.example.com/ubuntu',
      'login'    => 'reader',
      'password' => 'supersecret',
    },
  ],
}

Reference

Facts

• apt_updates: The number of installed packages with available updates from upgrade.

• apt_dist_updates: The number of installed packages with available updates from dist-upgrade.

• apt_security_updates: The number of installed packages with available security updates from upgrade.

• apt_security_dist_updates: The number of installed packages with available security updates from dist-upgrade.

• apt_package_updates: The names of all installed packages with available updates from upgrade. In Facter 2.0 and later this data is formatted as an array; in earlier versions it is a comma-delimited string.

• apt_package_dist_updates: The names of all installed packages with available updates from dist-upgrade. In Facter 2.0 and later this data is formatted as an array; in earlier versions it is a comma-delimited string.

• apt_update_last_success: The date, in epochtime, of the most recent successful apt-get update run (based on the mtime of /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp).

• apt_reboot_required: Determines if a reboot is necessary after updates have been installed.

More Information

See REFERENCE.md for all other reference documentation.

Limitations

This module is not designed to be split across run stages.

For an extensive list of supported operating systems, see metadata.json

Adding new sources or PPAs

If you are adding a new source or PPA and trying to install packages from the new source or PPA on the same Puppet run, your package resource should depend on Class['apt::update'], as well as depending on the Apt::Source or the Apt::Ppa. You can also add collectors to ensure that all packages happen after apt::update, but this can lead to dependency cycles and has implications for virtual resources. Before running the command below, ensure that all packages have the provider set to apt.

Class['apt::update'] -> Package <| provider == 'apt' |>

Development

Acceptance tests for this module leverage puppet_litmus. To run the acceptance tests follow the instructions here. You can also find a tutorial and walkthrough of using Litmus and the PDK on YouTube.

If you run into an issue with this module, or if you would like to request a feature, please file a ticket. Every Monday the Puppet IA Content Team has office hours in the Puppet Community Slack, alternating between an EMEA friendly time (1300 UTC) and an Americas friendly time (0900 Pacific, 1700 UTC).

If you have problems getting this module up and running, please contact Support.

If you submit a change to this module, be sure to regenerate the reference documentation as follows:

puppet strings generate --format markdown --out REFERENCE.md

Reference

Table of Contents

Classes

Public Classes

• apt: Main class, includes all other classes.
• apt::backports: Manages backports.

Private Classes

• apt::params: Provides defaults for the Apt module parameters.
• apt::update: Updates the list of available packages using apt-get update.

Defined types

• apt::conf: Specifies a custom Apt configuration file.
• apt::key: Manages the GPG keys that Apt uses to authenticate packages.
• apt::mark: defined typeapt::mark
• apt::pin: Manages Apt pins. Does not trigger an apt-get update run.
• apt::ppa: Manages PPA repositories using add-apt-repository. Not supported on Debian.
• apt::setting: Manages Apt configuration files.
• apt::source: Manages the Apt sources in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

Resource types

Public Resource types

Private Resource types

• apt_key: This type provides Puppet with the capabilities to manage GPG keys needed by apt to perform package validation. Apt has it's own GPG keyring that can be manipulated through the apt-key command.

Data types

• Apt::Auth_conf_entry: Login configuration settings that are recorded in the file /etc/apt/auth.conf.
• Apt::Proxy: Configures Apt to connect to a proxy server.

Tasks

• init: Allows you to perform apt functions

Classes

apt

Main class, includes all other classes.

• See also
  • https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/function.html#createresources
    • for the create resource function

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt class:

• provider
• keyserver
• key_options
• ppa_options
• ppa_package
• backports
• confs
• update
• purge
• proxy
• sources
• keys
• ppas
• pins
• settings
• manage_auth_conf
• auth_conf_entries
• auth_conf_owner
• root
• sources_list
• sources_list_d
• conf_d
• preferences
• preferences_d
• config_files
• sources_list_force
• update_defaults
• purge_defaults
• proxy_defaults
• include_defaults
• apt_conf_d
• source_key_defaults

provider

Data type: String

Specifies the provider that should be used by apt::update.

Default value: $apt::params::provider

keyserver

Data type: String

Specifies a keyserver to provide the GPG key. Valid options: a string containing a domain name or a full URL (http://, https://, or hkp://).

Default value: $apt::params::keyserver

key_options

Data type: Optional[String]

Specifies the default options for apt::key resources.

Default value: $apt::params::key_options

ppa_options

Data type: Optional[String]

Supplies options to be passed to the add-apt-repository command.

Default value: $apt::params::ppa_options

ppa_package

Data type: Optional[String]

Names the package that provides the apt-add-repository command.

Default value: $apt::params::ppa_package

backports

Data type: Optional[Hash]

Specifies some of the default parameters used by apt::backports. Valid options: a hash made up from the following keys:

Options:

• :location String: See apt::backports for documentation.
• :repos String: See apt::backports for documentation.
• :key String: See apt::backports for documentation.

Default value: $apt::params::backports

confs

Data type: Hash

Creates new apt::conf resources. Valid options: a hash to be passed to the create_resources function linked above.

Default value: $apt::params::confs

update

Data type: Hash

Configures various update settings. Valid options: a hash made up from the following keys:

Options:

• :frequency String: Specifies how often to run apt-get update. If the exec resource apt_update is notified, apt-get update runs regardless of this value. Valid options: 'always' (at every Puppet run); 'daily' (if the value of apt_update_last_success is less than current epoch time minus 86400); 'weekly' (if the value of apt_update_last_success is less than current epoch time minus 604800); and 'reluctantly' (only if the exec resource apt_update is notified). Default: 'reluctantly'.
• :loglevel Integer: Specifies the log level of logs outputted to the console. Default: undef.
• :timeout Integer: Specifies how long to wait for the update to complete before canceling it. Valid options: an integer, in seconds. Default: undef.
• :tries Integer: Specifies how many times to retry the update after receiving a DNS or HTTP error. Default: undef.

Default value: $apt::params::update

purge

Data type: Hash

Specifies whether to purge any existing settings that aren't managed by Puppet. Valid options: a hash made up from the following keys:

Options:

• :sources.list Boolean: Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from sources.list. Default false.
• :sources.list.d Boolean: Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from sources.list.d. Default false.
• :preferences Boolean: Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from preferences. Default false.
• :preferences.d. Boolean: Specifies whether to purge any unmanaged entries from preferences.d. Default false.

Default value: $apt::params::purge

proxy

Data type: Apt::Proxy

Configures Apt to connect to a proxy server. Valid options: a hash matching the locally defined type apt::proxy.

Default value: $apt::params::proxy

sources

Data type: Hash

Creates new apt::source resources. Valid options: a hash to be passed to the create_resources function linked above.

Default value: $apt::params::sources

keys

Data type: Hash

Creates new apt::key resources. Valid options: a hash to be passed to the create_resources function linked above.

Default value: $apt::params::keys

ppas

Data type: Hash

Creates new apt::ppa resources. Valid options: a hash to be passed to the create_resources function linked above.

Default value: $apt::params::ppas

pins

Data type: Hash

Creates new apt::pin resources. Valid options: a hash to be passed to the create_resources function linked above.

Default value: $apt::params::pins

settings

Data type: Hash

Creates new apt::setting resources. Valid options: a hash to be passed to the create_resources function linked above.

Default value: $apt::params::settings

manage_auth_conf

Data type: Boolean

Specifies whether to manage the /etc/apt/auth.conf file. When true, the file will be overwritten with the entries specified in the auth_conf_entries parameter. When false, the file will be ignored (note that this does not set the file to absent.

Default value: $apt::params::manage_auth_conf

auth_conf_entries

Data type: Array[Apt::Auth_conf_entry]

An optional array of login configuration settings (hashes) that are recorded in the file /etc/apt/auth.conf. This file has a netrc-like format (similar to what curl uses) and contains the login configuration for APT sources and proxies that require authentication. See https://manpages.debian.org/testing/apt/apt_auth.conf.5.en.html for details. If specified each hash must contain the keys machine, login and password and no others. Specifying manage_auth_conf and not specifying this parameter will set /etc/apt/auth.conf to absent.

Default value: $apt::params::auth_conf_entries

auth_conf_owner

Data type: String

The owner of the file /etc/apt/auth.conf. Default: '_apt' or 'root' on old releases.

Default value: $apt::params::auth_conf_owner

root

Data type: String

Specifies root directory of Apt executable.

Default value: $apt::params::root

sources_list

Data type: String

Specifies the path of the sources_list file to use.

Default value: $apt::params::sources_list

sources_list_d

Data type: String

Specifies the path of the sources_list.d file to use.

Default value: $apt::params::sources_list_d

conf_d

Data type: String

Specifies the path of the conf.d file to use.

Default value: $apt::params::conf_d

preferences

Data type: String

Specifies the path of the preferences file to use.

Default value: $apt::params::preferences

preferences_d

Data type: String

Specifies the path of the preferences.d file to use.

Default value: $apt::params::preferences_d

config_files

Data type: Hash

A hash made up of the various configuration files used by Apt.

Default value: $apt::params::config_files

sources_list_force

Data type: Boolean

Specifies whether to perform force purge or delete. Default false.

Default value: $apt::params::sources_list_force

update_defaults

Data type: Hash

Default value: $apt::params::update_defaults

purge_defaults

Data type: Hash

Default value: $apt::params::purge_defaults

proxy_defaults

Data type: Hash

Default value: $apt::params::proxy_defaults

include_defaults

Data type: Hash

Default value: $apt::params::include_defaults

apt_conf_d

Data type: String

Default value: $apt::params::apt_conf_d

source_key_defaults

Data type: Hash

Default value: $apt::params::source_key_defaults

apt::backports

Manages backports.

Examples

Set up a backport source for Linux Mint qiana

class { 'apt::backports':
  location => 'http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu',
  release  => 'trusty-backports',
  repos    => 'main universe multiverse restricted',
  key      => {
    id     => '630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5',
    server => 'hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net',
  },
}

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt::backports class:

• location
• release
• repos
• key
• pin
• include

location

Data type: Optional[String]

Specifies an Apt repository containing the backports to manage. Valid options: a string containing a URL. Default value for Debian and Ubuntu varies:

• Debian: 'http://deb.debian.org/debian'

• Ubuntu: 'http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu'

Default value: undef

release

Data type: Optional[String]

Specifies a distribution of the Apt repository containing the backports to manage. Used in populating the source.list configuration file. Default: on Debian and Ubuntu, ${facts['os']['distro']['codename']}-backports. We recommend keeping this default, except on other operating systems.

Default value: undef

repos

Data type: Optional[String]

Specifies a component of the Apt repository containing the backports to manage. Used in populating the source.list configuration file. Default value for Debian and Ubuntu varies:

• Debian: 'main contrib non-free'

• Ubuntu: 'main universe multiverse restricted'

Default value: undef

key

Data type: Optional[Variant[String, Hash]]

Specifies a key to authenticate the backports. Valid options: a string to be passed to the id parameter of the apt::key defined type, or a hash of parameter => value pairs to be passed to apt::key's id, server, content, source, and/or options parameters. Default value for Debian and Ubuntu varies:

• Debian: 'A1BD8E9D78F7FE5C3E65D8AF8B48AD6246925553'

• Ubuntu: '630239CC130E1A7FD81A27B140976EAF437D05B5'

Default value: undef

pin

Data type: Optional[Variant[Integer, String, Hash]]

Specifies a pin priority for the backports. Valid options: a number or string to be passed to the id parameter of the apt::pin defined type, or a hash of parameter => value pairs to be passed to apt::pin's corresponding parameters.

Default value: 200

include

Data type: Optional[Variant[Hash]]

Specifies whether to include 'deb' or 'src', or both.

Default value: {}

Defined types

apt::conf

Specifies a custom Apt configuration file.

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt::conf defined type:

• content
• ensure
• priority
• notify_update

content

Data type: Optional[String]

Required unless ensure is set to 'absent'. Directly supplies content for the configuration file.

Default value: undef

ensure

Data type: Enum['present', 'absent']

Specifies whether the configuration file should exist. Valid options: 'present' and 'absent'.

Default value: present

priority

Data type: Variant[String, Integer]

Determines the order in which Apt processes the configuration file. Files with lower priority numbers are loaded first. Valid options: a string containing an integer or an integer.

Default value: 50

notify_update

Data type: Optional[Boolean]

Specifies whether to trigger an apt-get update run.

Default value: undef

apt::key

Manages the GPG keys that Apt uses to authenticate packages.

• Note The apt::key defined type makes use of the apt_key type, but includes extra functionality to help prevent duplicate keys.

Examples

Declare Apt key for apt.puppetlabs.com source

apt::key { 'puppetlabs':
  id      => '6F6B15509CF8E59E6E469F327F438280EF8D349F',
  server  => 'hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net',
  options => 'http-proxy="http://proxyuser:proxypass@example.org:3128"',
}

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt::key defined type:

• id
• ensure
• content
• source
• server
• weak_ssl
• options

id

Data type: Pattern[/\A(0x)?[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\Z/, /\A(0x)?[0-9a-fA-F]{16}\Z/, /\A(0x)?[0-9a-fA-F]{40}\Z/]

Specifies a GPG key to authenticate Apt package signatures. Valid options: a string containing a key ID (8 or 16 hexadecimal characters, optionally prefixed with "0x") or a full key fingerprint (40 hexadecimal characters).

Default value: $title

ensure

Data type: Enum['present', 'absent', 'refreshed']

Specifies whether the key should exist. Valid options: 'present', 'absent' or 'refreshed'. Using 'refreshed' will make keys auto update when they have expired (assuming a new key exists on the key server).

Default value: present

content

Data type: Optional[String]

Supplies the entire GPG key. Useful in case the key can't be fetched from a remote location and using a file resource is inconvenient.

Default value: undef

source

Data type: Optional[Pattern[/\Ahttps?:\/\//, /\Aftp:\/\//, /\A\/\w+/]]

Specifies the location of an existing GPG key file to copy. Valid options: a string containing a URL (ftp://, http://, or https://) or an absolute path.

Default value: undef

server

Data type: Pattern[/\A((hkp|hkps|http|https):\/\/)?([a-z\d])([a-z\d-]{0,61}\.)+[a-z\d]+(:\d{2,5})?(\/[a-zA-Z\d\-_.]+)*\/?$/]

Specifies a keyserver to provide the GPG key. Valid options: a string containing a domain name or a full URL (http://, https://, hkp:// or hkps://). The hkps:// protocol is currently only supported on Ubuntu 18.04.

Default value: $::apt::keyserver

weak_ssl

Data type: Boolean

Specifies whether strict SSL verification on a https URL should be disabled. Valid options: true or false.

Default value: false

options

Data type: Optional[String]

Passes additional options to apt-key adv --keyserver-options.

Default value: $::apt::key_options

apt::mark

defined typeapt::mark

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt::mark defined type:

• setting

setting

Data type: Enum['auto','manual','hold','unhold']

auto, manual, hold, unhold specifies the behavior of apt in case of no more dependencies installed https://manpages.debian.org/sretch/apt/apt-mark.8.en.html

apt::pin

Manages Apt pins. Does not trigger an apt-get update run.

• See also
  • http://linux.die.net/man/5/apt_preferences
    • for context on these parameters

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt::pin defined type:

• ensure
• explanation
• order
• packages
• priority
• release
• release_version
• component
• originator
• label
• origin
• version
• codename

ensure

Data type: Optional[Enum['file', 'present', 'absent']]

Specifies whether the pin should exist. Valid options: 'file', 'present', and 'absent'.

Default value: present

explanation

Data type: Optional[String]

Supplies a comment to explain the pin. Default: "${caller_module_name}: ${name}".

Default value: undef

order

Data type: Variant[Integer]

Determines the order in which Apt processes the pin file. Files with lower order numbers are loaded first.

Default value: 50

packages

Data type: Variant[String, Array]

Specifies which package(s) to pin.

Default value: '*'

priority

Data type: Variant[Numeric, String]

Sets the priority of the package. If multiple versions of a given package are available, apt-get installs the one with the highest priority number (subject to dependency constraints). Valid options: an integer.

Default value: 0

release

Data type: Optional[String]

Tells APT to prefer packages that support the specified release. Typical values include 'stable', 'testing', and 'unstable'.

Default value: ''

release_version

Data type: Optional[String]

Tells APT to prefer packages that support the specified operating system release version (such as Debian release version 7).

Default value: ''

component

Data type: Optional[String]

Names the licensing component associated with the packages in the directory tree of the Release file.

Default value: ''

originator

Data type: Optional[String]

Names the originator of the packages in the directory tree of the Release file.

Default value: ''

label

Data type: Optional[String]

Names the label of the packages in the directory tree of the Release file.

Default value: ''

origin

Data type: Optional[String]

Default value: ''

version

Data type: Optional[String]

Default value: ''

codename

Data type: Optional[String]

Default value: ''

apt::ppa

Manages PPA repositories using add-apt-repository. Not supported on Debian.

Examples

Example declaration of an Apt PPA

apt::ppa{ 'ppa:openstack-ppa/bleeding-edge': }

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt::ppa defined type:

• ensure
• options
• release
• dist
• package_name
• package_manage

ensure

Data type: String

Specifies whether the PPA should exist. Valid options: 'present' and 'absent'.

Default value: 'present'

options

Data type: Optional[String]

Supplies options to be passed to the add-apt-repository command. Default: '-y'.

Default value: $::apt::ppa_options

release

Data type: Optional[String]

Specifies the operating system of your node. Valid options: a string containing a valid LSB distribution codename. Optional if puppet facts show os.distro.codename returns your correct distribution release codename.

Default value: $facts['os']['distro']['codename']

dist

Data type: Optional[String]

Specifies the distribution of your node. Valid options: a string containing a valid distribution codename. Optional if puppet facts show os.name returns your correct distribution name.

Default value: $facts['os']['name']

package_name

Data type: Optional[String]

Names the package that provides the apt-add-repository command. Default: 'software-properties-common'.

Default value: $::apt::ppa_package

package_manage

Data type: Boolean

Specifies whether Puppet should manage the package that provides apt-add-repository.

Default value: false

apt::setting

Manages Apt configuration files.

• See also
  • https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#file-attributes
    • for more information on source and content parameters

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt::setting defined type:

• priority
• ensure
• source
• content
• notify_update

priority

Data type: Variant[String, Integer, Array]

Determines the order in which Apt processes the configuration file. Files with higher priority numbers are loaded first.

Default value: 50

ensure

Data type: Optional[Enum['file', 'present', 'absent']]

Specifies whether the file should exist. Valid options: 'present', 'absent', and 'file'.

Default value: file

source

Data type: Optional[String]

Required, unless content is set. Specifies a source file to supply the content of the configuration file. Cannot be used in combination with content. Valid options: see link above for Puppet's native file type source attribute.

Default value: undef

content

Data type: Optional[String]

Required, unless source is set. Directly supplies content for the configuration file. Cannot be used in combination with source. Valid options: see link above for Puppet's native file type content attribute.

Default value: undef

notify_update

Data type: Boolean

Specifies whether to trigger an apt-get update run.

Default value: true

apt::source

Manages the Apt sources in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

Examples

Install the puppetlabs apt source

apt::source { 'puppetlabs':
  location => 'http://apt.puppetlabs.com',
  repos    => 'main',
  key      => {
    id     => '6F6B15509CF8E59E6E469F327F438280EF8D349F',
    server => 'hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net',
  },
}

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the apt::source defined type:

• location
• comment
• ensure
• release
• repos
• include
• key
• pin
• architecture
• allow_unsigned
• notify_update

location

Data type: Optional[String]

Required, unless ensure is set to 'absent'. Specifies an Apt repository. Valid options: a string containing a repository URL.

Default value: undef

comment

Data type: String

Supplies a comment for adding to the Apt source file.

Default value: $name

ensure

Data type: String

Specifies whether the Apt source file should exist. Valid options: 'present' and 'absent'.

Default value: present

release

Data type: Optional[String]

Specifies a distribution of the Apt repository.

Default value: undef

repos

Data type: String

Specifies a component of the Apt repository.

Default value: 'main'

include

Data type: Optional[Variant[Hash]]

Configures include options. Valid options: a hash of available keys.

Options:

• :deb Boolean: Specifies whether to request the distribution's compiled binaries. Default true.
• :src Boolean: Specifies whether to request the distribution's uncompiled source code. Default false.

Default value: {}

key

Data type: Optional[Variant[String, Hash]]

Creates a declaration of the apt::key defined type. Valid options: a string to be passed to the id parameter of the apt::key defined type, or a hash of parameter => value pairs to be passed to apt::key's id, server, content, source, and/or options parameters.

Default value: undef

pin

Data type: Optional[Variant[Hash, Numeric, String]]

Creates a declaration of the apt::pin defined type. Valid options: a number or string to be passed to the id parameter of the apt::pin defined type, or a hash of parameter => value pairs to be passed to apt::pin's corresponding parameters.

Default value: undef

architecture

Data type: Optional[String]

Tells Apt to only download information for specified architectures. Valid options: a string containing one or more architecture names, separated by commas (e.g., 'i386' or 'i386,alpha,powerpc'). Default: undef (if unspecified, Apt downloads information for all architectures defined in the Apt::Architectures option).

Default value: undef

allow_unsigned

Data type: Boolean

Specifies whether to authenticate packages from this release, even if the Release file is not signed or the signature can't be checked.

Default value: false

notify_update

Data type: Boolean

Specifies whether to trigger an apt-get update run.

Default value: true

Resource types

Data types

Apt::Auth_conf_entry

Login configuration settings that are recorded in the file /etc/apt/auth.conf.

• See also
  • https://manpages.debian.org/testing/apt/apt_auth.conf.5.en.html
  • for more information

Alias of

Struct[{
    machine => String[1],
    login => String,
    password => String
  }]

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the Apt::Auth_conf_entry data type:

• machine
• login
• password

machine

Hostname of machine to connect to.

login

Specifies the username to connect with.

password

Specifies the password to connect with.

Apt::Proxy

Configures Apt to connect to a proxy server.

Alias of

Struct[{
    ensure     => Optional[Enum['file', 'present', 'absent']],
    host       => Optional[String],
    port       => Optional[Integer[0, 65535]],
    https      => Optional[Boolean],
    https_acng => Optional[Boolean],
    direct     => Optional[Boolean],
  }]

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the Apt::Proxy data type:

• ensure
• host
• port
• https
• direct

ensure

Specifies whether the proxy should exist. Valid options: 'file', 'present', and 'absent'. Prefer 'file' over 'present'.

host

Specifies a proxy host to be stored in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy. Valid options: a string containing a hostname.

port

Specifies a proxy port to be stored in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy. Valid options: an integer containing a port number.

https

Specifies whether to enable https proxies.

direct

Specifies whether or not to use a DIRECT https proxy if http proxy is used but https is not.

Tasks

init

Allows you to perform apt functions

Supports noop? false

Parameters

action

Data type: Enum[update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, autoremove]

Action to perform

Change log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

v8.0.0 (2021-03-01)

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Changed

• pdksync - Remove Puppet 5 from testing and bump minimal version to 6.0.0 #969 (carabasdaniel)

v7.7.1 (2021-02-15)

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Fixed

• Use modern os facts #964 (kenyon)

v7.7.0 (2020-12-08)

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Added

• pdksync - (feat) - Add support for Puppet 7 #958 (daianamezdrea)
• Make auth.conf contents Sensitive #953 (suchpuppet)

v7.6.0 (2020-09-15)

Full Changelog

Added

• (MODULES-10804) option to force purge source.lists file #948 (sheenaajay)

Fixed

• (IAC-978) - Removal of inappropriate terminology #947 (david22swan)

v7.5.0 (2020-08-12)

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Added

• pdksync - (IAC-973) - Update travis/appveyor to run on new default branch main #940 (david22swan)
• patch-acng-ssl-support #938 (mdklapwijk)
• (IAC-746) - Add ubuntu 20.04 support #936 (david22swan)

Fixed

• (MODULES-10763) loglevel won't affect reports #942 (gguillotte)

v7.4.2 (2020-05-14)

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Fixed

• fix apt-mark syntax #927 (tryfunc)
• Do not specify file modes unless relevant #923 (anarcat)

v7.4.1 (2020-03-10)

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Fixed

• (MODULES-10583) Revert "MODULES-10548: make files readonly" #920 (carabasdaniel)

v7.4.0 (2020-03-03)

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Added

• Add 'include' param to apt::backports #910 (paladox)
• pdksync - (FM-8581) - Debian 10 added to travis and provision file refactored #902 (david22swan)

Fixed

• MODULES-10548: make files readonly #906 (anarcat)
• MODULES-10543: only consider lsbdistcodename for apt-transport-https #905 (anarcat)
• MODULES-10543: remove sources.list file on purging #904 (anarcat)
• MODULES-10063, extend apt::key to support deeplinks #892 (atarax)
• Include apt in apt::backports #891 (zivis)

v7.3.0 (2019-12-11)

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Added

• Adding a new parameter for dist #890 (luckyraul)

Fixed

• MODULES-10063, extend apt::key to support deeplinks, this time with f… #894 (atarax)

v7.2.0 (2019-10-29)

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Added

• Add apt::mark defined type #879 (tuxmea)
• (FM-8394) add debian 10 testing #876 (ThoughtCrhyme)
• Add apt::key_options for default apt::key options #873 (raphink)
• implement apt.conf.d purging #869 (lelutin)

Fixed

• Install gnupg instead of dirmngr #866 (martijndegouw)

v7.1.0 (2019-07-30)

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Added

• (FM-8215) Convert to using litmus #864 (florindragos)

v7.0.1 (2019-05-13)

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7.0.0 (2019-04-24)

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Changed

• pdksync - (MODULES-8444) - Raise lower Puppet bound #853 (david22swan)

Added

• Allow weak SSL verification for apt_key #849 (tuxmea)

6.3.0 (2019-01-21)

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Added

• Add support for dist-upgrade & autoremove action #832 (aboks)
• (MODULES-8321) - Add manage_auth_conf parameter #831 (eimlav)

Fixed

• (MODULES-8418) Fix /etc/apt/auth.conf owner changing endlessly #836 (antaflos)
• pdksync - (FM-7655) Fix rubygems-update for ruby \< 2.3 #835 (tphoney)
• (MODULES-8326) - apt-transport-https not ensured properly #830 (eimlav)

6.2.1 (2018-11-20)

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Fixed

• (MODULES-8272) - Revert "Autorequire dirmngr in apt_key types" #825 (eimlav)

6.2.0 (2018-11-19)

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Added

• (MODULES-8081): add support for hkps:// protocol in apt::key #815 (simondeziel)

Fixed

• Apt-key fixes to properly work on Debian 9 #822 (ekohl)
• (maint) - Update Link to REFERENCE.md #811 (pmcmaw)

6.1.1 (2018-10-01)

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Fixed

• Revert "(MODULES-6408) - Fix dirmngr install failing" #808 (eimlav)

6.1.0 (2018-09-28)

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Added

• pdksync - (FM-7392) - Puppet 6 Testing Changes #800 (pmcmaw)
• pdksync - (MODULES-6805) metadata.json shows support for puppet 6 #798 (tphoney)
• (MODULES-3307) - Auto update expired keys #795 (eimlav)
• (FM-7316) - Implementation of the i18n process #789 (david22swan)
• Introduce an Apt::Proxy type to validate the hash #773 (ekohl)

Fixed

• (MODULES-6408) - Fix dirmngr install failing #801 (eimlav)
• (MODULES-1630) - Expanding source list fix to cover all needed versions #788 (david22swan)

6.0.0 (2018-08-24)

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Changed

• (MODULES-7668) Remove support for Puppet 4.7 #780 (jarretlavallee)

Added

• Check existence of gpg key in apt:ppa #774 (wenzhengjiang)
• Make sure PPA source file is absent when apt-add-repository fails #768 (wenzhengjiang)

5.0.1

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Fixed

• (MODULES-7540) - add apt-transport-https with https #775 (tphoney)

5.0.0 (2018-07-18)

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Changed

• [FM-6956] Removal of unsupported Debian 7 from apt #760 (david22swan)

Added

• (MODULES-7467) Update apt to support Ubuntu 18.04 #769 (david22swan)
• Support managing login configurations in /etc/apt/auth.conf #752 (antaflos)

Fixed

• (MODULES-7327) - Update README with supported OS #767 (pmcmaw)
• (bugfix) Dont run ftp tests in travis #766 (tphoney)
• (maint) make apt testing more stable, cleanup #764 (tphoney)
• Remove .length from variable $pin_release in app #754 (paladox)
• Replace UTF-8 whitespace in comment #748 (bernhardschmidt)
• Fix "E: Unable to locate package -y" #747 (aboks)
• Fix automatic coercion warning #743 (smortex)

Supported Release 4.5.1

Summary

This release fixes CVE-2018-6508 which is a potential arbitrary code execution via tasks.

Fixed

• Fix init task for arbitrary remote code

Supported Release 4.5.0

Summary

This release uses the PDK convert functionality which in return makes the module PDK compliant. It also includes a roll up of maintenance changes.

Added

• PDK convert apt (MODULES-6452).
• Testing on Travis using rvm 2.4.1.
• Modulesync updates.

Fixed

• Changes to address additional Rubocop failures.
• (maint) Addressing puppet-lint doc warnings.

Removed

• gem update bundler command in .travis.yml due to (MODULES-6339).

Supported Release 4.4.1

Summary

This release is to update the formatting of the module, Rubocop having been run for all ruby files and been set to run automatically on all future commits.

Changed

• Rubocop has been implemented.

Supported Release 4.4.0

Summary

This release is a rollup of new features and fixes.

Added

• Install apt-transport-https if using Debian 7, 8, 9 or Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04.
• Adds a boolean option direct to proxy settings to bypass https_proxy if not set.
• Adds facter facts for dist-upgrade apt updates.

Changed

• Update class is now private.
• Some tidyup of ruby code from Rubocop.
• Fixed circular dependency for package dirmngr.
• Debian updates are no longer treated as security updates.
• Legacy functions have been removed.
• Updates to tests.

Fixed

• (MODULES-4265) Detect security updates from multiple sources.

Supported Release 4.3.0

Summary

This release is adding Tasks to the apt module.

Added

• Add a task that allows apt-get update and upgrade

Supported Release 4.2.0

Summary

This release is primarily to fix an error around GPG keys in Debian 9, but includes some other small features and fixes as well.

Added

• apt_package_security_updates fact
• The ability to modify the loglevel of Exec['apt_update'}
• Puppet 5 support

Changed

• Ubuntu 16.04 now uses software-priorities-common

Removed

• Debian 6, Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 support. Existing compatibility remains intact but bugs will not be prioritized for these OSes.

Fixed

• (MODULES-4686) an error that was causing GPG keyserver imports to fail on Debian 9

Supported Release 4.1.0

Summary

This release removes Data in Modules due to current compatibility issues and reinstates the params.pp file. Also includes a couple of bug fixes.

Features

• (MODULES-4973) Data in Modules which was introduced in the last release has now been reverted due to compatibility issues.

Bugfixes

• Now apt_key only sends the auth basic header when userinfo can be parsed from the URL.
• Reverted the removal of Evolving Web's attribution in NOTICE file.
• Test added to ensure empty string allowed for $release in apt::source.

Supported Release 3.0.0 and 4.0.0

Summary

This release adds new Puppet 4 features: data in modules, EPP templates, the $facts hash, and data types. This release is fully backwards compatible to existing Puppet 4 configurations and provides you with deprecation warnings for every argument that will not work as expected with the final 4.0.0 release. See the stdlib docs here for an in-depth discussion of this: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib#validate_legacy

If you want to learn more about the new features used or you wish to upgrade a module yourself, have a look at the NTP: A Puppet 4 language update blog post.

If you're still running Puppet 3, remain on the latest puppetlabs-apt 2.x release for now, and see the documentation to upgrade to Puppet 4.

Changes

Data in modules: Moves all distribution and OS-dependent defaults into YAML files in data/, alleviating the need for a params class. Note that while this feature is currently still classed as experimental, the final implementation will support the changes here. EPP templating: Uses the Puppet language as a base for templates to create simpler and safer templates. No need for Ruby anymore! The $facts hash: Makes facts visibly distinct from other variables for more readable and maintainable code. This helps eliminate confusion if you use a local variable whose name happens to match that of a common fact. Data types for validation: Helps you find and replace deprecated code in existing validate functions with stricter, more readable data type notation. First upgrade to the 3.0.0 release of this module, and address all deprecation warnings before upgrading to the final 4.0.0 release. Please see the stdlib docs for an in-depth discussion of this process.

Bugfixes

• Fix apt::source epp template regression introduced in 3.0.0 for the architecture parameter

Supported Release 2.4.0

Summary

A release that includes only a couple of additional features, but includes several cleanups and bugfixes around existing issues.

Features

• Tests updated to check for idempotency.
• (MODULES-4224) Implementation of beaker-module_install_helper.
• Deprecation warnings are now handled by the deprecation function in stdlib.

Bugfixes

• Now http and https sources fixed for apt_key and can take a userinfo.
• GPG key update.
• Notify_update param now defaults to true to avoid validation errors.
• Implement retry on tests which pull key from a key server which sometimes times out (transient error).
• String comparison error now comphensated for in update.pp.
• (MODULES-4104) Removal of the port number from repository location in order to get the host name of the repository.
• Puppet lint warnings addressed.
• A few small readme issues addressed.

Supported Release 2.3.0

Summary

A release containing many bugfixes with additional features.

Features

• Apt_updates facts now use /usr/bin/apt-get.
• Addition of notify update to apt::source.
• Update to newest modulesync_configs.
• Installs software-properties-common for Xenial.
• Modulesync updates.
• Add ability to specify a hash of apt::conf defines.

Bugfixes

• A clean up of spec/defines/key_compat_specs, also now runs under STRICT_VARIABLES.
• Apt::setting expects priority to be an integer, set defaults accordingly.
• Fixed version check for Ubuntu on 16.04.
• Now uses hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net instead of pgp.mit.edu.
• Updates and fixes to tests. General cleanup.
• Fixed regexp for $ensure params.
• Apt/params: Remove unused LSB facts.
• Replaced -s with -f in ppa rspec tests - After the repository is added, the "${::apt::sources_list_d}/${sources_list_d_filename}" file is created as an empty file. The unless condition of Exec["add-apt-repository-${name}"] calls test -s, which returns 1 if the file is empty. Because the file is empty, the unless condition is never true and the repository is added on every execution. This change replaces the -s test condition with -f, which is true if the file exists or false otherwise.
• Limit non-strict parsing to pre-3.5.0 only - Puppet 3.5.0 introduced strict variables and the module handles strict variables by using the defined() function. This does not work on prior versions of puppet so we now gate based on that version. Puppet 4 series has a new setting strict that may be set to enforce strict variables while strict_variables remains unset (see PUP-6358) which causes the conditional in manifests/params.pp to erroniously use non-strict 3.5-era parsing and fail. This new conditional corrects the cases such that strict variable behavior happens on versions 3.5.0 and later.

Supported Release 2.2.2

Summary

Several bug fixes and the addition of support updates to Debian 8 and Ubuntu Wily.

Bugfixes

• Small fixes to descriptions within the readme and the addition of some examples.
• Updates to run on Ubuntu Wily.
• Fixed apt_key tempfile race condition.
• Run stages limitation added to the documentation.
• Remove unneeded whitespace in source.list template.
• Handle PPA names that contain a plus character.
• Update to current msync configs.
• Avoid duplicate package resources when package_manage => true.
• Avoid multiple package resource declarations.
• Ensure PPAs in tests have valid form.
• Look for correct sources.list.d file for apt::ppa.
• Debian 8 support addiiton to metadata.

Supported Release 2.2.1

Summary

Small release for support of newer PE versions. This increments the version of PE in the metadata.json file.

2015-09-29 - Supported Release 2.2.0

Summary

This release includes a few bugfixes.

Features

• Adds an ensure parameter for user control of proxy presence.
• Adds ability to set notify_update to apt::conf (MODULES-2269).
• Apt pins no longer trigger an apt-get update run.
• Adds support for creating pins from main class.

Bugfixes

• Updates to use the official Debian mirrors.
• Fixes path to preferences and preferences.d
• Fixes pinning for backports (MODULES-2446).
• Fixes the name/extension of the preferences files.

2015-07-28 - Supported Release 2.1.1

Summary

This release includes a few bugfixes.

Bugfixes

• Fix incorrect use of anchoring (MODULES-2190)
• Use correct comment type for apt.conf files
• Test fixes
• Documentation fixes

2015-06-16 - Supported Release 2.1.0

Summary

This release largely makes apt::key and apt::source API-compatible with the 1.8.x versions for ease in upgrading, and also addresses some compatibility issues with older versions of Puppet.

Features

• Add API compatibility to apt::key and apt::source
• Added apt_reboot_required fact

Bugfixes

• Fix compatibility with Puppet versions 3.0-3.4
• Work around future parser bug PUP-4133

2015-04-28 - Supported Release 2.0.1

Summary

This bug fixes a few compatibility issues that came up with the 2.0.0 release, and includes test and documentation updates.

Bugfixes

• Fix incompatibility with keyrings containing multiple keys
• Fix bugs preventing the module from working with Puppet < 3.5.0

2015-04-07 - Supported Release 2.0.0

Summary

This is a major rewrite of the apt module. Many classes and defines were removed, but all existing functionality should still work. Please carefully review documentation before upgrading.

Backwards-incompatible changes

As this is a major rewrite of the module there are a great number of backwards incompatible changes. Please review this and the updated README carefully before upgrading.

apt_key

• keyserver_options parameter renamed to options

apt::backports

• This no longer works out of the box on Linux Mint. If using this on mint, you must specify the location, release, repos, and key parameters. Example

apt::builddep

• This define was removed. Functionality can be matched passing 'build-dep' to install_options in the package resource. Example

apt::debian::testing

• This class was removed. Manually add an apt::source instead. Example

apt::debian::unstable

• This class was removed. Manually add an apt::source instead. Example

apt::force

• This define was removed. Functionallity can be matched by setting install_options in the package resource. See here for how to set the options.

apt::hold

• This define was removed. Simply use an apt::pin with priority => 1001 for the same functionality.

apt

• always_apt_update - This parameter was removed. Use update => { 'frequency' => 'always' } instead.
• apt_update_frequency - This parameter was removed. Use update => { 'frequency' => <frequency> } instead.
• disable_keys - This parameter was removed. See this example if you need this functionality.
• proxy_host - This parameter was removed. Use proxy => { 'host' => <host> } instead.
• proxy_port - This parameter was removed. Use proxy => { 'port' => <port> } instead.
• purge_sources_list - This parameter was removed. Use purge => { 'sources.list' => <bool> } instead.
• purge_sources_list_d - This parameter was removed. Use purge => { 'sources.list.d' => <bool> } instead.
• purge_preferences - This parameter was removed. Use purge => { 'preferences' => <bool> } instead.
• purge_preferences_d - This parameter was removed. Use purge => { 'preferences.d' => <bool> } instead.
• update_timeout - This parameter was removed. Use update => { 'timeout' => <timeout> } instead.
• update_tries - This parameter was removed. Use update => { 'tries' => <tries> } instead.

apt::key

• key - This parameter was renamed to id.
• key_content - This parameter was renamed to content.
• key_source - This parameter was renamed to source.
• key_server - This parameter was renamed to server.
• key_options - This parameter was renamed to options.

apt::release

• This class was removed. See this example for how to achieve this functionality.

apt::source

• include_src - This parameter was removed. Use include => { 'src' => <bool> } instead. NOTE This now defaults to false.
• include_deb - This parameter was removed. Use include => { 'deb' => <bool> } instead.
• required_packages - This parameter was removed. Use package resources for these packages if needed.
• key - This can either be a key id or a hash including key options. If using a hash, key => { 'id' => <id> } must be specified.
• key_server - This parameter was removed. Use key => { 'server' => <server> } instead.
• key_content - This parameter was removed. Use key => { 'content' => <content> } instead.
• key_source - This parameter was removed. Use key => { 'source' => <source> } instead.
• trusted_source - This parameter was renamed to allow_unsigned.

apt::unattended_upgrades

• This class was removed and is being republished under the puppet-community namespace. The git repository is available here and it will be published to the forge here.

Changes to default behavior

• By default purge unmanaged files in 'sources.list', 'sources.list.d', 'preferences', and 'preferences.d'.
• Changed default for package_manage in apt::ppa to false. Set to true in a single PPA if you need the package to be managed.
• apt::source will no longer include the src entries by default.
• pin in apt::source now defaults to undef instead of false

Features

• Added the ability to pass hashes of apt::keys, apt::ppas, and apt::settings to apt.
• Added 'https' key to proxy hash to allow disabling https_proxy for the apt::ppa environment.
• Added apt::setting define to abstract away configuration.
• Added the ability to pass hashes to pin and key in apt::backports and apt::source.

Bugfixes

• Fixes for strict variables.

2015-03-17 - Supported Release 1.8.0

Summary

This is the last planned feature release of the 1.x series of this module. All new features will be evaluated for puppetlabs-apt 2.x.

This release includes many important features, including support for full fingerprints, and fixes issues where apt_key was not supporting user/password and apt_has_updates was not properly parsing the apt-check output.

Changes to default behavior

• The apt module will now throw warnings if you don't use full fingerprints for apt_keys

Features

• Use gpg to check keys to work around https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg2/+bug/1409117 (MODULES-1675)
• Add 'oldstable' to the default update origins for wheezy
• Add utopic, vivid, and cumulus compatibility
• Add support for full fingerprints
• New parameter for apt::source
  • trusted_source
• New parameters for apt::ppa
  • package_name
  • package_manage
• New parameter for apt::unattended_upgrades
  • legacy_origin
• Separate apt::pin from apt::backports to allow pin by release instead of origin

Bugfixes

• Cleanup lint and future parser issues
• Fix to support username and passwords again for apt_key (MODULES-1119)
• Fix issue where apt::force $install_check didn't work with non-English locales (MODULES-1231)
• Allow 5 digit ports in apt_key
• Fix for ensure => absent in apt_key (MODULES-1661)
• Fix apt_has_updates not parsing apt-check output correctly
• Fix inconsistent headers across files (MODULES-1200)
• Clean up formatting for 50unattended-upgrades.erb

2014-10-28 - Supported Release 1.7.0

Summary

This release includes several new features, documentation and test improvements, and a few bug fixes.

Features

• Updated unit and acceptance tests
• Update module to work with Linux Mint
• Documentation updates
• Future parser / strict variables support
• Improved support for long GPG keys
• New parameters!
  • Added apt_update_frequency to apt
  • Added cfg_files and cfg_missing parameters to apt::force
  • Added randomsleep to apt::unattended_upgrades
• Added apt_update_last_success fact
• Refactored facts for performance improvements

Bugfixes

• Update apt::builddep to require Exec['apt_update'] instead of notifying it
• Clean up lint errors

2014-08-20 - Supported Release 1.6.0

Summary

Features

• Allow URL or domain name for key_server parameter
• Allow custom comment for sources list
• Enable auto-update for Debian squeeze LTS
• Add facts showing available updates
• Test refactoring

Bugfixes

• Allow dashes in URL or domain for key_server parameter

2014-08-13 - Supported Release 1.5.3

Summary

This is a bugfix releases. It addresses a bad regex, failures with unicode characters, and issues with the $proxy_host handling in apt::ppa.

Features

• Synced files from Modulesync

Bugfixes

• Fix regex to follow APT requirements in apt::pin
• Fix for unicode characters
• Fix inconsistent $proxy_host handling in apt and apt::ppa
• Fix typo in README
• Fix broken acceptance tests

2014-07-15 - Supported Release 1.5.2

Summary

This release merely updates metadata.json so the module can be uninstalled and upgraded via the puppet module command.

2014-07-10 - Supported Release 1.5.1

Summary

This release has added tests to ensure graceful failure on OSX.

2014-06-04 - Release 1.5.0

Summary

This release adds support for Ubuntu 14.04. It also includes many new features and important bugfixes. One huge change is that apt::key was replaced with apt_key, which allows you to use puppet resource apt_key to inventory keys on your system.

Special thanks to daenney, our intrepid unofficial apt maintainer!

Features

• Add support for Ubuntu Trusty!
• Add apt::hold define
• Generate valid *.pref files in apt::pin
• Made pin_priority configurable for apt::backports
• Add apt_key type and provider
• Rename "${apt_conf_d}/proxy" to "${apt_conf_d}/01proxy"
• apt::key rewritten to use apt_key type
• Add support for update_tries to apt::update

Bugfixes

• Typo fixes
• Fix unattended upgrades
• Removed bogus line when using purge_preferences
• Fix apt::force to upgrade allow packages to be upgraded to the pacakge from the specified release

2014-03-04 - Supported Release 1.4.2

Summary

This is a supported release. This release tidies up 1.4.1 and re-enables support for Ubuntu 10.04

Features

Bugfixes

• Fix apt:ppa to include the -y Ubuntu 10.04 requires.
• Documentation changes.
• Test fixups.

Known Bugs

• No known issues.

2014-02-13 1.4.1

Summary

This is a bugfix release.

Bugfixes

• Fix apt::force unable to upgrade packages from releases other than its original
• Removed a few refeneces to aptitude instead of apt-get for portability
• Removed call to getparam() due to stdlib dependency
• Correct apt::source template when architecture is provided
• Retry package installs if apt is locked
• Use root to exec in apt::ppa
• Updated tests and converted acceptance tests to beaker

2013-10-08 - Release 1.4.0

Summary

Minor bugfix and allow the timeout to be adjusted.

Features

• Add an updates_timeout to apt::params

Bugfixes

• Ensure apt::ppa can read a ppa removed by hand.

2013-10-08 - Release 1.3.0

Summary

This major feature in this release is the new apt::unattended_upgrades class, allowing you to handle Ubuntu's unattended feature. This allows you to select specific packages to automatically upgrade without any further user involvement.

In addition we extend our Wheezy support, add proxy support to apt:ppa and do various cleanups and tweaks.

Features

• Add apt::unattended_upgrades support for Ubuntu.
• Add wheezy backports support.
• Use the geoDNS http.debian.net instead of the main debian ftp server.
• Add options parameter to apt::ppa in order to pass options to apt-add-repository command.
• Add proxy support for apt::ppa (uses proxy_host and proxy_port from apt).

Bugfixes

• Fix regsubst() calls to quote single letters (for future parser).
• Fix lint warnings and other misc cleanup.

2013-07-03 - Release 1.2.0

Features

• Add geppetto .project natures
• Add GH auto-release
• Add apt::key::key_options parameter
• Add complex pin support using distribution properties for apt::pin via new properties:
  • apt::pin::codename
  • apt::pin::release_version
  • apt::pin::component
  • apt::pin::originator
  • apt::pin::label
• Add source architecture support to apt::source::architecture

Bugfixes

• Use apt-get instead of aptitude in apt::force
• Update default backports location
• Add dependency for required packages before apt-get update

2013-06-02 - Release 1.1.1

Summary

This is a bug fix release that resolves a number of issues:

• By changing template variable usage, we remove the deprecation warnings for Puppet 3.2.x
• Fixed proxy file removal, when proxy absent

Some documentation, style and whitespaces changes were also merged. This release also introduced proper rspec-puppet unit testing on Travis-CI to help reduce regression.

Thanks to all the community contributors below that made this patch possible.

Detail Changes

• fix minor comment type (Chris Rutter)
• whitespace fixes (Michael Moll)
• Update travis config file (William Van Hevelingen)
• Build all branches on travis (William Van Hevelingen)
• Standardize travis.yml on pattern introduced in stdlib (William Van Hevelingen)
• Updated content to conform to README best practices template (Lauren Rother)
• Fix apt::release example in readme (Brian Galey)
• add @ to variables in template (Peter Hoeg)
• Remove deprecation warnings for pin.pref.erb as well (Ken Barber)
• Update travis.yml to latest versions of puppet (Ken Barber)
• Fix proxy file removal (Scott Barber)
• Add spec test for removing proxy configuration (Dean Reilly)
• Fix apt::key listing longer than 8 chars (Benjamin Knofe)

Release 1.1.0

Summary

This release includes Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) support for PPAs.

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2012-05-25 - Puppet Labs info@puppetlabs.com - Release 0.0.4

Summary

• Fix ppa list filename when there is a period in the PPA name
• Add .pref extension to apt preferences files
• Allow preferences to be purged
• Extend pin support

2012-05-04 - Puppet Labs info@puppetlabs.com - Release 0.0.3

Summary

• only invoke apt-get update once
• only install python-software-properties if a ppa is added
• support 'ensure => absent' for all defined types
• add apt::conf
• add apt::backports
• fixed Modulefile for module tool dependency resolution
• configure proxy before doing apt-get update
• use apt-get update instead of aptitude for apt::ppa
• add support to pin release

2012-03-26 - Puppet Labs info@puppetlabs.com - Release 0.0.2

Summary

• 41cedbb (#13261) Add real examples to smoke tests.
• d159a78 (#13261) Add key.pp smoke test
• 7116c7a (#13261) Replace foo source with puppetlabs source
• 1ead0bf Ignore pkg directory.
• 9c13872 (#13289) Fix some more style violations
• 0ea4ffa (#13289) Change test scaffolding to use a module & manifest dir fixture path
• a758247 (#13289) Clean up style violations and fix corresponding tests
• 99c3fd3 (#13289) Add puppet lint tests to Rakefile
• 5148cbf (#13125) Apt keys should be case insensitive
• b9607a4 Convert apt::key to use anchors

2012-03-07 - Puppet Labs info@puppetlabs.com - Release 0.0.1

Summary

• d4fec56 Modify apt::source release parameter test
• 1132a07 (#12917) Add contributors to README
• 8cdaf85 (#12823) Add apt::key defined type and modify apt::source to use it
• 7c0d10b (#12809) $release should use $lsbdistcodename and fall back to manual input
• be2cc3e (#12522) Adjust spec test for splitting purge
• 7dc60ae (#12522) Split purge option to spare sources.list
• 9059c4e Fix source specs to test all key permutations
• 8acb202 Add test for python-software-properties package
• a4af11f Check if python-software-properties is defined before attempting to define it.
• 1dcbf3d Add tests for required_packages change
• f3735d2 Allow duplicate $required_packages
• 74c8371 (#12430) Add tests for changes to apt module
• 97ebb2d Test two sources with the same key
• 1160bcd (#12526) Add ability to reverse apt { disable_keys => true }
• 2842d73 Add Modulefile to puppet-apt
• c657742 Allow the use of the same key in multiple sources
• 8c27963 (#12522) Adding purge option to apt class
• 997c9fd (#12529) Add unit test for apt proxy settings
• 50f3cca (#12529) Add parameter to support setting a proxy for apt
• d522877 (#12094) Replace chained .with_* with a hash
• 8cf1bd0 (#12094) Remove deprecated spec.opts file
• 2d688f4 (#12094) Add rspec-puppet tests for apt
• 0fb5f78 (#12094) Replace name with path in file resources
• f759bc0 (#11953) Apt::force passes $version to aptitude
• f71db53 (#11413) Add spec test for apt::force to verify changes to unless
• 2f5d317 (#11413) Update dpkg query used by apt::force
• cf6caa1 (#10451) Add test coverage to apt::ppa
• 0dd697d include_src parameter in example; Whitespace cleanup
• b662eb8 fix typos in "repositories"
• 1be7457 Fix (#10451) - apt::ppa fails to "apt-get update" when new PPA source is added
• 864302a Set the pin priority before adding the source (Fix #10449)
• 1de4e0a Refactored as per mlitteken
• 1af9a13 Added some crazy bash madness to check if the ppa is installed already. Otherwise the manifest tries to add it on every run!
• 52ca73e (#8720) Replace Apt::Ppa with Apt::Builddep
• 5c05fa0 added builddep command.
• a11af50 added the ability to specify the content of a key
• c42db0f Fixes ppa test.
• 77d2b0d reformatted whitespace to match recommended style of 2 space indentation.
• 27ebdfc ignore swap files.
• 377d58a added smoke tests for module.
• 18f614b reformatted apt::ppa according to recommended style.
• d8a1e4e Created a params class to hold global data.
• 636ae85 Added two params for apt class
• 148fc73 Update LICENSE.
• ed2d19e Support ability to add more than one PPA
• 420d537 Add call to apt-update after add-apt-repository in apt::ppa
• 945be77 Add package definition for python-software-properties
• 71fc425 Abs paths for all commands
• 9d51cd1 Adding LICENSE
• 71796e3 Heading fix in README
• 87777d8 Typo in README
• f848bac First commit

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