Is it possible to do a yum update via yum module?

[ZillaYT]

I believe the answer to my question is "No" since I don't see it documented in yum - Manages packages with the yum package manager but thought I would ask. For example if I have gitlab-ce-8.14.3 and want to update to gitlab-ce-10.2.1 (latest) I'd do a yum update on CLI. The only way I'm able to do this in Ansible yum module is to remove the current version and install the new one.

Thanks!

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Tuesday, 28 November 2017 17.20.31 CET ZillaYT wrote:
> I believe the answer to my question is "No" since I don't see it documented
> in yum - Manages packages with the yum package manager

> <http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/yum_module.html> but thought I

> would ask. For example if I have gitlab-ce-8.14.3 and want to update to
> gitlab-ce-10.2.1 (latest) I'd do a yum update on CLI. The only way I'm able
> to do this in Ansible yum module is to remove the current version and
> install the new one.

Set "state: latest" and yum will upgrade to the latest version.

If you read under the name in the docs it also explains how to do "yum upgrade".

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Kai Stian Olstad

[ZillaYT]

Yeah I understand that, and maybe my question was flawed. In my case I wanted to upgrade to "latest" but what if someone else didn't. What if someone wanted to upgrade from gitlab-ce v8.14.3 to v9.4.2 (two versions behind latest) for example?

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18.02.25 CET ZillaYT wrote:
> Yeah I understand that, and maybe my question was flawed. In my case I
> wanted to upgrade to "latest" but what if someone else didn't. What if
> someone wanted to upgrade from gitlab-ce v8.14.3 to v9.4.2 (two versions
> behind latest) for example?

I don't use yum with Gitlab, but usually it's just appending the version to the name, so something like name: gitlab-ce-9.4.2
You would need to check the correct version Gitlab is using on there packages.

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Kai Stian Olstad

[ZillaYT]

Gitlab is just an example, it can be any package.

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On Tuesday, 28 November 2017 18.34.15 CET ZillaYT wrote:
> Gitlab is just an example, it can be any package.

My answer still hold, just append the version to the name.


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Kai Stian Olstad