createrepo_directive - create a YUM repository from RPM packages using createrepo

New in version 0.4.

Take a directory containing RPM packages and run createrepo command on it, which creates YUM repository metadata inside of it.

Parameters

parameter	required	description	type	default	choices
repodir	yes	absolute or relative path to the directory containing RPM files (the task directory is considered the current working directory)	str

Return Values

Standard output (string) of the createrepo process.

Exceptions

• TaskotronDirectiveError: if there’s any output on standard error stream of the createrepo process

Examples

First, download all required RPMs, then create a YUM repository in that directory:

- name: download koji tag
  koji:
      action: download_tag
      koji_tag: ${koji_tag}
      arch: ${arch}
      target_dir: ${workdir}/downloaded_tag/

- name: create YUM repository metadata
  createrepo:
      repodir: ${workdir}/downloaded_tag/