rpm

rpm: A binary RPM package type

This package type's primary use is to be generated by the RpmBuilder type, although other rpm packages can be modeled in this manner as well. Packages are processed, handled, and installed using rpm, using sudo by default.

Super Type

Package

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique
Notification	false
Template Directory
Data View	Children, proximity: 1
Logger Name	rpm

Allowed Child Dependencies

• PackageCommandExecutable
• PackageCommandScript
• RpmCategory ¹
• RpmCopyright ¹
• RpmDbPath ¹
• RpmDefaultGroup¹
• RpmDefaultUser ¹
• RpmDistribution ¹
• RpmLicense ¹
• RpmPackager ¹
• RpmUrl ¹
• RpmUseSudo ¹
• RpmVendor ¹

¹: These types have a Singleton constraint. Only one instance may be added as a resource.

Allowed Property Values

Property	Allowed Values	Default	Enforced
package-filetype	rpm	rpm	true
package-repo-url	/${context.module}/rpms/FILENAME	/${context.module}/rpms/FILENAME	false

These are the default locations and settings in RHEL/CentOS. If you wish to use a different set of defaults for Vendor, URL, Copyright, etc., you may want to create a trivial subtype that only sets those defaults.

Defaults for Imported Attributes

Name	Default	Description
package-create-script	${modules.dir}/rpm/bin/create.xml	script to execute for create command
package-extract-script	${modules.dir}/rpm/bin/extract.xml	script to execute for extract command
package-isinstalled-script	${modules.dir}/rpm/bin/assertPackageIsInstalled.xml	script to execute for assertPackageIsInstalled command
package-remove-script	${modules.dir}/rpm/bin/remove.xml	script to execute for remove command
package-verified-script	${modules.dir}/rpm/bin/assertPackageIsVerified.xml	script to execute for assertPackageIsVerified command
rpmCategory	none
rpmCopyright	none
rpmDbPath	/var/lib/rpm
rpmDefaultGroup	root
rpmDefaultUser	root
rpmDistribution	none
rpmLicense	none
rpmPackager	none
rpmUrl	none
rpmUseSudo	true
rpmVendor	none

View the available commands in the User Reference.

The following types are defined for use with rpm.

RpmCategory

Overview

RpmCategory: Group for categorizing the RPM package

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmCategory	settingValue

RpmCopyright

Overview

RpmCopyright: RPM package copyright message

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmCopyright	settingValue

RpmDbPath

Overview

RpmDbPath: Location of RPM database

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmDbPath	settingValue

RpmDefaultPath

Overview

RpmDefaultPath: Default group to use for file attributes

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmDefaultGroup	settingValue

RpmDefaultUser

Overview

RpmDefaultUser: Default user to use for file attributes

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmDefaultUser	settingValue

RpmDistribution

Overview

RpmDistribution: RPM package's Linux or product distribution

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmDefaultGroup	settingValue

RpmLicense

Overview

RpmLicense: Software license under which the package is released

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmLicense	settingValue

RpmPackager

Overview

RpmPackager: Name of the packager

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmPackager	settingValue

RpmSetting

Overview

RpmSetting: An RPM package setting.

These settings set the corresponding attributes in the rpm type.

Design

Super Type

Setting

Role	Abstract. (Objects cannot be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Constraints

Allowed Parent Dependencies

• rpm

RpmUrl

Overview

RpmUrl: URL to RPM package home

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmUrl	settingValue

RpmUseSudo

Overview

RpmUseSudo: Indicate whether sudo should be used to run rpm commands that need to update the system database

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmUseSudo	settingValue

RpmVendor

Overview

RpmVendor: Name of RPM package vendor

Design

Super Type

RpmSetting

Role	Concrete. (Objects can be created.)
Instance Names	Unique

Attributes

Exported Attributes

Name	Property
rpmVendor	settingValue