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yum.conf(5)                 yum configuration file                 yum.conf(5)

NAME
       yum.conf - Configuration file for yum(8).
DESCRIPTION
       Yum uses a configuration file at /etc/yum.conf.
       Additional  configuration  files are also read from the directories set
       by the reposdir option (default is `/etc/yum.repos.d').  See the repos-
       dir option below for further details.

PARAMETERS
       There  are two types of sections in the yum configuration file(s): main
       and repository. Main defines all global  configuration  options.  There
       should  be  only one main section. The repository section(s) define the
       configuration for each repository/server. There should be one  or  more
       repository sections.

[main] OPTIONS
       The  [main]  section  must exist for yum to do anything. It consists of
       the following options:

              cachedir Directory where yum  should  store  its  cache  and  db
              files. The default is `/var/cache/yum'.

              persistdir  Directory  where  yum  should store information that
              should   persist   over   multiple   runs.   The   default    is
              `/var/lib/yum'.

              keepcache Either `1' or `0'. Determines whether or not yum keeps
              the cache of headers and packages after successful installation.
              Default is '1' (keep files)

              usercache  Either  `1'  or  `0'.  Determines  whether or not yum
              should store per-user cache in $TMPDIR.  When set to  `0',  then
              whenever yum runs as a non-root user, --cacheonly is implied and
              system cache is used directly, and no new user cache is  created
              in $TMPDIR.  This can be used to prevent $TMPDIR from filling up
              if many users on the system often use yum and root tends to have
              up-to-date  metadata  that the users can rely on (they can still
              enable this feature with --setopt if they wish).  Default is `1'
              (user cache enabled).

              reposdir  A  list of directories where yum should look for .repo
              files   which   define   repositories   to   use.   Default   is
              `/etc/yum.repos.d'.  Each  file in this directory should contain
              one or more repository sections as  documented  in  [repository]
              options  below.  These  will  be  merged  with  the repositories
              defined in /etc/yum.conf to form the complete set  of  reposito-
              ries that yum will use.

              debuglevel  Debug message output level. Practical range is 0-10.
              Default is `2'.

              errorlevel Error message output level. Practical range is  0-10.
              Default is `2'.

              rpmverbosity   Debug  scriptlet  output  level.  'info'  is  the
              default, other options are:  'critical',  'emergency',  'error',
              'warn' and 'debug'.

              protected_packages  This  is  a list of packages that yum should
              never completely remove. They are  protected  via  Obsoletes  as
              well as user/plugin removals.
              The  default  is:  yum  glob:/etc/yum/protected.d/*.conf  So any
              packages which should be protected can do so by including a file
              in /etc/yum/protected.d with their package name in it.
              Also  if  this  configuration  is set to anything, then yum will
              protect the package corresponding to the running version of  the
              kernel.

              protected_multilib  Either `1' or `0'. This tells yum whether or
              not it should perform a check to make sure that  multilib  pack-
              ages  are  the  same version. For example, if this option is off
              (rpm behaviour) pkgA-1.x86_64 and pkgA-2.i386 can  be  installed
              at  the same time. However this is very rarely desired.  Install
              only packages, like the kernel, are exempt from this check.  The
              default is `1'.

              logfile  Full directory and file name for where yum should write
              its log file.

              gpgcheck Either `1' or `0'. This tells yum  whether  or  not  it
              should  perform  a GPG signature check on packages. When this is
              set in the [main] section it sets the default for all  reposito-
              ries.  The default is `0'.
              localpkg_gpgcheck  Either  `1' or `0'. This tells yum whether or
              not it should perform a GPG signature check  on  local  packages
              (packages in a file, not in a repositoy).  The default is `0'.

              repo_gpgcheck  Either  `1' or `0'. This tells yum whether or not
              it should perform a GPG signature check on  the  repodata.  When
              this  is  set  in the [main] section it sets the default for all
              repositories. The default is `0'.

              payload_gpgcheck Either `1' or `0'. This tells  yum  whether  or
              not  it  should  perform  a  v3 signature check on packages when
              gpgcheck (or localpkg_gpgcheck for local packages) is enabled.
              There are two types of GPG signatures generated by rpm:  v3  (on
              header+payload) and v4 (on header only).  When rpm signs a pack-
              age, it creates both types.  Yum can verify any of  them  before
              the  transaction,  depending  on  which  options  are set.  When
              gpgcheck is enabled and this option is disabled, yum will verify
              v4  signatures  only.   When  both  gpgcheck and this option are
              enabled, yum will verify both v4 and v3  signatures  (equivalent
              to  running  "rpm  --checksig").   The same rules apply to local
              packages and the localpkg_gpgcheck option accordingly.
              Since the header contains sha256 digests of individual files  in
              the payload (a gzip-compressed cpio archive of files used in the
              package), verifying the header signature (v4) is  sufficient  to
              ensure  authenticity  and integrity of the whole package.  After
              rpm unpacks the payload, it moves the files to their destination
              paths  one  by  one after they pass the digest check.  If a file
              doesn't pass, it won't be moved and the transaction will  abort.
              However, because no rollback is done in such a case, the package
              may end up in the partially installed state.
              By verifying v3  signatures,  yum  will  detect  payload  tamper
              before  the transaction.  While this will slightly increase pro-
              cessing time for big transactions and/or packages, it will  pre-
              vent such broken installs and enhance security.
              The default is `0'.

              skip_broken  Either  `1'  or  `0'.  Resolve depsolve problems by
              removing packages that are causing problems  from  the  transac-
              tion.

              assumeyes  Either  `1'  or  `0'.  Determines  whether or not yum
              prompts for confirmation of critical actions. Default is `0' (do
              prompt).
              Command-line option: -y --assumeyes

              assumeno Either `1' or `0'. If yum would prompt for confirmation
              of critical actions, assume the user chose no. This is basically
              the  same  as  doing "echo | yum ..."  but is a bit more usable.
              This  option  overrides  assumeyes,  but  is  still  subject  to
              alwaysprompt.  Default is `0' (do prompt).
              Command-line option: --assumeno

              alwaysprompt  Either  `1'  or `0'. Without this option, yum will
              not prompt for confirmation when the  list  of  packages  to  be
              installed  exactly  matches  those  given  on  the command line.
              Unless assumeyes is enabled, it will  still  prompt  when  addi-
              tional  packages  need  to be installed to fulfill dependencies.
              Note that older versions of yum would  also  always  prompt  for
              package removal, and that is no longer true.  Default is `1'.

              tolerant  Either  `1'  or  `0'.  If enabled, yum will go slower,
              checking for things that shouldn't be possible  making  it  more
              tolerant of external errors.  Default to `0' (not tolerant).
              Command-line option: -t

              exclude  List  of  packages to exclude from all repositories, so
              yum works as if that package was never in the repositories. This
              should  be  a  space separated list.  This is commonly used so a
              package isn't upgraded or installed  accidentally,  but  can  be
              used  to  remove  packages  in any way that "yum list" will show
              packages.  Shell  globs  using  wildcards  (eg.  *  and  ?)  are
              allowed.
              Can  be  disabled  using  disable_excludes or --disableexcludes.
              Command-line option: -x

              disable_excludes A way to permanently set the  --disableexcludes
              command line option.

              query_install_excludes  This  applies  the  command line exclude
              option (only, not the configuration exclude above) to  installed
              packages   being   shown  in  some  query  commands  (currently:
              list/info/search/provides). Default is '0'.

              installonlypkgs List of package provides that should  only  ever
              be  installed,  never  updated.  Kernels in particular fall into
              this category. Defaults to kernel, kernel-bigmem,  kernel-enter-
              prise,  kernel-smp,  kernel-debug,  kernel-unsupported,  kernel-
              source, kernel-devel, kernel-PAE, kernel-PAE-debug.
              Note that because these  are  provides,  and  not  just  package
              names, kernel-devel will also apply to kernel-debug-devel, etc.
              Note  that  "kernel-modules" is not in this list, in RHEL-6, and
              so anything providing that is updated like any other package.

              installonly_limit Number of packages listed  in  installonlypkgs
              to  keep  installed at the same time. Setting to 0 disables this
              feature. Default is '3'. Note that this functionality used to be
              in  the "installonlyn" plugin, where this option was altered via
              tokeep.  Note that as of version 3.2.24, yum will  now  look  in
              the  yumdb for a installonly attribute on installed packages. If
              that attribute is "keep", then they will never be removed.

              kernelpkgnames List of package names that are kernels.  This  is
              really  only here for the updating of kernel packages and should
              be removed out in the yum 2.1 series.

              exactarchlist List of packages that should never change archs in
              an  update.  That means, if a package has a newer version avail-
              able which is for a different compatible arch, yum will not con-
              sider  that  version  an  update  if the package name is in this
              list.  For example, on x86_64, foo-1.x86_64 won't be updated  to
              foo-2.i686  if  foo is in this list.  Kernels in particular fall
              into this category.  Shell globs using wildcards (eg. *  and  ?)
              are allowed.  Default is an empty list.

              showdupesfromrepos  Either `0' or `1'. Set to `1' if you wish to
              show any duplicate packages from any  repository,  from  package
              listings  like the info or list commands. Set to `0' if you want
              only to see the newest packages from any repository.  Default is
              `0'.

              obsoletes  This  option  only  has  affect  during an update. It
              enables yum's obsoletes processing logic. Useful when doing dis-
              tribution level upgrades. See also the yum upgrade command docu-
              mentation for more details (yum(8)).  Default is `true'.
              Command-line option: --obsoletes

              remove_leaf_only Either `0' or `1'. Used to determine yum's  be-
              haviour  when  a package is removed.  If remove_leaf_only is `0'
              (default) then packages, and their deps, will  be  removed.   If
              remove_leaf_only  is  `1'  then  only those packages that aren't
              required by another package will be removed.

              repopkgsremove_leaf_only Either `0' or `1'.  Used  to  determine
              yum's  behaviour  when  the  repo-pkg remove command is run.  If
              repopkgremove_leaf_only is `0' (default) then  all  packages  in
              the  repo.  will  be removed.  If repopkgremove_leaf_only is `1'
              then only those packages in the repo. that  aren't  required  by
              another package will be removed.  Note that this option does not
              override remove_leaf_only, so enabling that  option  means  this
              has almost no affect.

              overwrite_groups  Either `0' or `1'. Used to determine yum's be-
              haviour if two or more repositories  offer  the  package  groups
              with  the  same  name. If overwrite_groups is `1' then the group
              packages of the last matching repository will be used. If  over-
              write_groups  is `0' then the groups from all matching reposito-
              ries will be merged together as one large group.  Note that this
              option  does  not  override  remove_leaf_only,  so enabling that
              option means this has almost no affect.

              groupremove_leaf_only Either `0' or `1'. Used to determine yum's
              behaviour  when  the  groupremove  command  is run.  If groupre-
              move_leaf_only is `0' (default) then all packages in  the  group
              will  be  removed.   If  groupremove_leaf_only  is `1' then only
              those packages in the group  that  aren't  required  by  another
              package will be removed.

              enable_group_conditionals  Either `0' or `1'. Determines whether
              yum will allow the use of conditionals packages. Default is  `1'
              (package conditionals are allowed).

              group_package_types  List  of  the following: optional, default,
              mandatory. Tells yum which type of packages in  groups  will  be
              installed  when  'groupinstall' is called.  Default is: default,
              mandatory

              group_command List of the following:  simple,  compat,  objects.
              Tells yum what to do for group install/upgrade/remove commands.
              Simple  acts  like  you  did  yum  group cmd $(repoquery --group
              --list group), so it is vrery easy to  reason  about  what  will
              happen. Alas. this is often not what people want to happen.
              Compat.  works much like simple, except that when you run "group
              upgrade" it actually runs "group install" (this means  that  you
              get  any new packages added to the group, but you also get pack-
              ages added that were there before and you didn't want).
              Objects makes groups act like a real object, separate  from  the
              packages  they  contain.  Yum keeps track of the groups you have
              installed, so "group upgrade" will install new packages for  the
              group  but  not install old ones. It also knows about group mem-
              bers that are installed but weren't installed  as  part  of  the
              group,  and  won't remove those on "group remove".  Running "yum
              upgrade" will also run "yum group  upgrade"  (thus.  adding  new
              packages for all groups).
              Default is: objects

              upgrade_group_objects_upgrade Either `0' or `1'. Set this to `0'
              to disable the automatic running of "group upgrade" when running
              the  "upgrade"  command,  and group_command is set to "objects".
              Default is `1' (perform the operation).

              autocheck_running_kernel Either `0' or `1'. Set this to  `0'  to
              disable  the  automatic  checking  of the running kernel against
              updateinfo  ("yum  updateinfo  check-running-kernel"),  in   the
              "check-update"  and  "updateinfo  summary" commands.  Default is
              `1' (perform the check).

              installroot Specifies an alternative  installroot,  relative  to
              which all packages will be installed.
              Command-line option: --installroot

              config_file_path  Specifies  the  path to main the configuration
              file.  Default is /etc/yum/yum.conf.

              check_config_file_age Either `0' or `1'. Specifies  whether  yum
              should  auto  metadata expire repos.  that are older than any of
              the configuration files that led to them (usually  the  yum.conf
              file  and  the  foo.repo  file).   Default  is  `1' (perform the
              check).

              distroverpkg The package used by yum to determine the  "version"
              of  the  distribution,  this sets $releasever for use in config.
              files. This can be any installed package.  Default  is  `system-
              release(releasever)', `redhat-release'. Yum will now look at the
              version provided by the provide, and if that is  non-empty  then
              will  use  the  full V(-R), otherwise it uses the version of the
              package.
               You can see what provides this manually by using: "yum whatpro-
              vides  'system-release(releasever)'  redhat-release" and you can
              see what $releasever is most easily by using: "yum version".

              diskspacecheck Either `0' or `1'. Set this to `0' to disable the
              checking for sufficient diskspace and inodes before a RPM trans-
              action is run. Default is `1' (perform the check).

              tsflags Comma or space separated list of  transaction  flags  to
              pass  to  the  rpm  transaction  set. These include 'noscripts',
              'notriggers',  'nodocs',  'test',  'justdb'  and   'nocontexts'.
              'repackage'  is  also available but that does nothing with newer
              rpm versions.  You can set all/any  of  them.  However,  if  you
              don't  know  what  these do in the context of an rpm transaction
              set you're best leaving it alone.  Default  is  an  empty  list.
              Also see the "yum fs" command, for excluding docs.

              override_install_langs   This   is   a  way  to  override  rpm's
              _install_langs macro. without having to change it  within  rpm's
              macro file.  Default is nothing (so does nothing).  Also see the
              "yum fs" command.

              recent Number of days back to look for `recent'  packages  added
              to  a  repository.   Used by the list recent command. Default is
              `7'.

              retries Set the number of times any attempt to retrieve  a  file
              should  retry  before  returning  an  error. Setting this to `0'
              makes yum try forever. Default is `10'.

              keepalive Either `0' or `1'. Set whether HTTP  keepalive  should
              be  used  for HTTP/1.1 servers that support it. This can improve
              transfer speeds by using one connection when downloading  multi-
              ple files from a repository. Default is `1'.

              timeout Number of seconds to wait for a connection before timing
              out. Defaults to 30 seconds. This may be too short of a time for
              extremely overloaded sites.

              http_caching  Determines how upstream HTTP caches are instructed
              to handle any HTTP downloads that Yum does. This option can take
              the following values:
              `all' means that all HTTP downloads should be cached.
              `packages'  means  that  only  RPM  package  downloads should be
              cached (but not repository metadata downloads).
              `lazy:packages' means that act like  `packages'  unless  package
              verification  fails (e.g. the package download doesn't match the
              expected checksum), in which case try re-downloading the package
              as  if  `none'  was set.  This value is a good compromise if you
              want to avoid issues caused by stale proxy  cache  after  remote
              RPMs change contents without changing filenames (e.g. are pushed
              unsigned and later signed) but still want the benefits of  pack-
              age caching whenever possible.
              `none' means that no HTTP downloads should be cached.
              The default is `all'. This is recommended unless you are experi-
              encing caching related issues. Try to at least use `packages' to
              minimize load on repository servers.

              throttle  Enable bandwidth throttling for downloads. This option
              can be expressed as a absolute data rate  in  bytes/sec.  An  SI
              prefix  (k,  M or G) may be appended to the bandwidth value (eg.
              `5.5k' is 5.5 kilobytes/sec, `2M' is 2 Megabytes/sec).
              Alternatively, this option can specify the percentage  of  total
              bandwidth  to use (eg. `60%'). In this case the bandwidth option
              should be used to specify the maximum available bandwidth.
              Set to `0' to disable bandwidth throttling. This is the default.
              Note that when multiple downloads run simultaneously  the  total
              bandwidth  might exceed the throttle limit. You may want to also
              set max_connections=1 or scale your throttle option down accord-
              ingly.

              minrate  This  sets the low speed threshold in bytes per second.
              If the server is sending data slower  than  this  for  at  least
              `timeout'  seconds,  Yum  aborts  the connection. The default is
              `1000'.

              bandwidth Use to specify the maximum available network bandwidth
              in  bytes/second.   Used  with  the  throttle option (above). If
              throttle is a percentage and bandwidth  is  `0'  then  bandwidth
              throttling  will be disabled. If throttle is expressed as a data
              rate (bytes/sec) then this option is ignored. Default is `0' (no
              bandwidth throttling).

              ip_resolve Determines how yum resolves host names.
              `4' or `IPv4': resolve to IPv4 addresses only.
              `6' or `IPv6': resolve to IPv6 addresses only.

              max_connections
              The  maximum number of simultaneous connections.  This overrides
              the urlgrabber default of 5 connections.  Note  that  there  are
              also  implicit per-mirror limits and the downloader honors these
              too.

              ftp_disable_epsv This options  disables  Extended  Passive  Mode
              (the  EPSV  command) which does not work correctly on some buggy
              ftp servers. Default is `0' (EPSV enabled).

              deltarpm
              When non-zero, delta-RPM files are used if available.  The value
              specifies  the  maximum  number of "applydeltarpm" processes Yum
              will spawn, if the value is negative then yum works out how many
              cores  you  have  and  multiplies  that  by  the value (cores=2,
              deltarpm=-2; 4 processes). (2 by default).
              Note that the "applydeltarpm" process uses a significant  amount
              of disk IO, so running too many instances can significantly slow
              down all disk IO including  the  downloads  that  yum  is  doing
              (thus. a too high value can make everything slower).

              deltarpm_percentage  When  the  relative size of delta vs pkg is
              larger than this, delta  is  not  used.   Default  value  is  75
              (Deltas  must be at least 25% smaller than the pkg).  Use `0' to
              turn off delta rpm processing. Local repositories (with  file://
              baseurl) have delta rpms turned off by default.

              deltarpm_metadata_percentage  When the relative size of deltarpm
              metadata vs pkgs is larger than this, deltarpm metadata  is  not
              downloaded  from the repo.  Default value is 100 (Deltarpm meta-
              data must be smaller than the packages from the repo). Note that
              you  can give values over 100, so 200 means that the metadata is
              required to be half the size of the packages.  Use `0'  to  turn
              off this check, and always download metadata.

              sslcacert  Path to the directory containing the databases of the
              certificate authorities yum should use to  verify  SSL  certifi-
              cates. Defaults to none - uses system default

              sslverify  Boolean - should yum verify SSL certificates/hosts at
              all. Defaults to True.
              Note that the plugin yum-rhn-plugin will  force  this  value  to
              true, and may alter other ssl settings (like hostname checking),
              even if it the machine is not registered.

              sslclientcert Path to the SSL client certificate yum should  use
              to connect to repos/remote sites Defaults to none.
              Note that if you are using curl compiled against NSS (default in
              Fedora/RHEL), curl treats sslclientcert  values  with  the  same
              basename  as  _identical_.  This  version of yum will check that
              this isn't true and output an error when the repositories  "foo"
              and "bar" violate this, like so:
              sslclientcert basename shared between foo and bar

              sslclientkey  Path  to the SSL client key yum should use to con-
              nect to repos/remote sites Defaults to none.

              ssl_check_cert_permissions Boolean - Whether  yum  should  check
              the permissions on the paths for the certificates on the reposi-
              tory (both remote and local). If we can't read any of the  files
              then  yum  will  force  skip_if_unavailable to be true.  This is
              most useful for non-root processes which use yum on repos.  that
              have  client  cert  files  which  are  readable  only  by  root.
              Defaults to True.

              history_record Boolean - should yum record history  entries  for
              transactions. This takes some disk space, and some extra time in
              the transactions. But it allows how to know a lot of information
              about  what has happened before, and display it to the user with
              the history info/list/summary commands. yum  also  provides  the
              history undo/redo commands. Defaults to True.
              Note  that  if history is recorded, yum uses that information to
              see if any modifications to the rpmdb have been done outside  of
              yum.  These are always bad, from yum's point of view, and so yum
              will issue a warning and automatically run some of  "yum  check"
              to  try  and  find some of the worst problems altering the rpmdb
              might have caused.
              This means that turning this option off will stop yum from being
              able  to  detect  when  the  rpmdb has changed and thus. it will
              never warn you or automatically run "yum  check".  The  problems
              will  likely  still be there, and yumdb etc. will still be wrong
              but yum will not warn you about it.

              history_record_packages This is a list  of  package  names  that
              should be recorded as having helped the transaction. yum plugins
              have an API to add themselves to this, so it should not normally
              be  necessary  to  add packages here. Not that this is also used
              for the packages to look for in --version. Defaults to rpm, yum,
              yum-metadata-parser.

              history_list_view  Which column of information to display in the
              "yum history list" command. There are currently  three  options:
              users, cmds (or commands), auto.
              Older  versions  of yum acted like "users", which always outputs
              the user who initiated the yum transaction. You can now  specify
              "commands"  which will instead always output the command line of
              the transaction. You  can  also  specify  "single-user-commands"
              which  will display the users if there are more than one, other-
              wise it will display the command line.
              You can also specify "default" which currently selects  "single-
              user-commands".

              commands  List  of  functional  commands to run if no functional
              commands are specified on the command line (eg. "update foo  bar
              baz  quux").   None  of  the  short options (eg. -y, -e, -d) are
              accepted for this option.

              syslog_ident Identification (program name) for syslog messages.

              syslog_facility Facility name  for  syslog  messages,  see  sys-
              log(3).  Default is `LOG_USER'.

              syslog_device  Where  to  log  syslog  messages.  Can be a local
              device (path) or a host:port string to use a remote syslog.   If
              empty  or points to a nonexistent device, syslog logging is dis-
              abled.  Default is `/dev/log'.

              proxy URL to the proxy server that yum should use.  Set this  to
              `libproxy'  to  enable  proxy  auto  configuration via libproxy.
              Defaults to direct connection.

              proxy_username username to use for proxy

              proxy_password password for this proxy

              username username to use for basic authentication to a  repo  or
              really any url.

              password password to use with the username for basic authentica-
              tion.

              plugins Either `0' or `1'. Global switch to  enable  or  disable
              yum  plugins. Default is `0' (plugins disabled). See the PLUGINS
              section of the yum(8) man for more information on installing yum
              plugins.

              pluginpath A list of directories where yum should look for plug-
              in   modules.   Default    is    `/usr/share/yum-plugins'    and
              `/usr/lib/yum-plugins'.

              pluginconfpath  A  list of directories where yum should look for
              plugin configuration files.  Default is `/etc/yum/pluginconf.d'.

              metadata_expire Time (in seconds) after which the metadata  will
              expire.  So that if the current metadata downloaded is less than
              this many seconds old then yum  will  not  update  the  metadata
              against the repository.  If you find that yum is not downloading
              information on updates as often as  you  would  like  lower  the
              value  of  this  option. You can also change from the default of
              using seconds to using days, hours or minutes by appending a  d,
              h or m respectively.  The default is 6 hours, to compliment yum-
              updatesd running once an hour.  It's also possible  to  use  the
              word  "never", meaning that the metadata will never expire. Note
              that when using a metalink file  the  metalink  must  always  be
              newer  than  the metadata for the repository, due to the valida-
              tion, so this timeout also applies to the metalink  file.   Also
              note that "never" does not override "yum clean expire-cache"

              metadata_expire_filter Filter the metadata_expire time, allowing
              a trade of speed for accuracy if a command doesn't  require  it.
              Each yum command can specify that it requires a certain level of
              timeliness quality from the remote repos.  from  "I'm  about  to
              install/upgrade,  so this better be current" to "Anything that's
              available is good enough".
              `never' - Nothing is filtered, always obey metadata_expire.
              `read-only:past' - Commands that only care about  past  informa-
              tion  are filtered from metadata expiring.  Eg. yum history info
              (if history needs to lookup anything about a  previous  transac-
              tion, then by definition the remote package was available in the
              past).
              `read-only:present' - Commands that are  balanced  between  past
              and future.  This is the default.  Eg. yum list yum
              `read-only:future'  - Commands that are likely to result in run-
              ning other commands which will require the latest metadata.  Eg.
              yum check-update
              Note that this option requires that all the enabled repositories
              be roughly the same freshness (meaning the cache age  difference
              from  one  another  is  at  most  5  days).  Failing that, meta-
              data_expire will always be obeyed, just like with `never'.
              Also note that this option does not override "yum clean  expire-
              cache".

              mirrorlist_expire  Time  (in seconds) after which the mirrorlist
              locally cached will expire.  If the current mirrorlist  is  less
              than  this  many  seconds old then yum will not download another
              copy of the mirrorlist, it has the same extra  format  as  meta-
              data_expire.   If  you find that yum is not downloading the mir-
              rorlists as often as you would like  lower  the  value  of  this
              option.

              mdpolicy  You  can select from different metadata download poli-
              cies depending on how much data you want to  download  with  the
              main  repository  metadata  index. The advantages of downloading
              more metadata with the index is that you can't get  into  situa-
              tions where you need to use that metadata later and the versions
              available aren't compatible (or the user lacks  privileges)  and
              that  if  the  metadata is corrupt in any way yum will revert to
              the previous metadata.
              `instant' - Just  download  the  new  metadata  index,  this  is
              roughly  what  yum always did, however it now does some checking
              on the index and reverts if it classifies it as bad.
              `group:primary' - Download the primary metadata with the  index.
              This  contains  most of the package information and so is almost
              always required anyway.
              `group:small' - With the primary also  download  the  updateinfo
              metadata, groups, and pkgtags. This is required for yum-security
              operations and it also used in the graphical clients. This  file
              also tends to be significantly smaller than most others. This is
              the default.
              `group:main' - With the  primary  and  updateinfo  download  the
              filelists metadata and the group metadata. The filelists data is
              required for operations like "yum install /bin/bash",  and  also
              some  dependency  resolutions require it. The group data is used
              in some graphical clients and for  group  operations  like  "yum
              grouplist Base".
              `group:all'  -  Download  all metadata listed in the index, cur-
              rently the only one not listed  above  is  the  other  metadata,
              which  contains  the changelog information which is used by yum-
              changelog. This is what "yum makecache" uses.

              mddownloadpolicy You can select  which  kinds  of  repodata  you
              would prefer yum to download:
              `sqlite'  -  Download  the  .sqlite files, if available. This is
              currently slightly faster, once  they  are  downloaded.  However
              these  files  tend  to be bigger, and thus. take longer to down-
              load.
              `xml' - Download the .XML files, which yum will do anyway  as  a
              fallback  on  the other options. These files tend to be smaller,
              but they require parsing/converting locally after  download  and
              some  aditional  checks are performed on them each time they are
              used.

              multilib_policy Can be set to 'all' or 'best'. All means install
              all  possible arches for any package you want to install. There-
              fore yum install foo will install  foo.i386  and  foo.x86_64  on
              x86_64, if it is available. Best means install the best arch for
              this platform, only.

              bugtracker_url URL where bugs should be filed for  yum.  Config-
              urable for local versions or distro-specific bugtrackers.

              color Whether to display colorized output automatically, depend-
              ing on the output terminal, can be changed to always (using ANSI
              codes) or never.  Default is `auto'.  Possible values are: auto,
              never, always.  Command-line option: --color

              color_list_installed_older  The  colorization/highlighting   for
              packages  in list/info installed which are older than the latest
              available package with the  same  name  and  arch.   Default  is
              `bold'.   Possible values are a comma separated list containing:
              bold,  blink,  dim,  reverse,   underline,   fg:black,   fg:red,
              fg:green,  fg:yellow,  fg:blue,  fg:magenta,  fg:cyan, fg:white,
              bg:black,  bg:red,  bg:green,  bg:yellow,  bg:blue,  bg:magenta,
              bg:cyan, bg:white.

              color_list_installed_newer   The  colorization/highlighting  for
              packages in list/info installed which are newer than the  latest
              available  package  with  the  same  name  and arch.  Default is
              `bold,yellow'.  See color_list_installed_older for possible val-
              ues.

              color_list_installed_reinstall The colorization/highlighting for
              packages in list/info installed which is the same version as the
              latest  available  package with the same name and arch.  Default
              is `normal'.  See color_list_installed_older for  possible  val-
              ues.

              color_list_installed_running_kernel  The colorization/highlight-
              ing for kernel packages in list/info installed which is the same
              version as the running kernel.  Default is `bold,underline.  See
              color_list_installed_older for possible values.

              color_list_installed_extra  The  colorization/highlighting   for
              packages  in  list/info installed which has no available package
              with the same  name  and  arch.   Default  is  `bold,red'.   See
              color_list_installed_older for possible values.

              color_list_available_upgrade  The  colorization/highlighting for
              packages in list/info available which is an upgrade for the lat-
              est  installed  package with the same name and arch.  Default is
              `bold,blue'.  See color_list_installed_older for  possible  val-
              ues.

              color_list_available_downgrade The colorization/highlighting for
              packages in list/info available which is  a  downgrade  for  the
              latest  installed  package with the same name and arch.  Default
              is `dim,cyan'.  See color_list_installed_older for possible val-
              ues.

              color_list_available_install  The  colorization/highlighting for
              packages in list/info available which has no  installed  package
              with  the  same  name  and  arch.   Default  is  `normal'.   See
              color_list_installed_older for possible values.

              color_list_available_reinstall The colorization/highlighting for
              packages in list/info available which is the same version as the
              installed package with the  same  name  and  arch.   Default  is
              `bold,underline,green.   See color_list_installed_older for pos-
              sible values.

              color_list_available_running_kernel The  colorization/highlight-
              ing for kernel packages in list/info available which is the same
              version as the running kernel.  Default is `bold,underline.  See
              color_list_installed_older for possible values.

              color_search_match   The   colorization/highlighting   for  text
              matches    in    search.     Default     is     `bold'.      See
              color_list_installed_older for possible values.

              color_update_installed  The  colorization/highlighting for pack-
              ages in the "updates list" which are installed. The updates list
              is  what  is  printed  when  you  run  "yum  update",  "yum list
              updates", "yum list obsoletes" and "yum check-update".   Default
              is  `normal'.   See color_list_installed_older for possible val-
              ues.

              color_update_local The colorization/highlighting for packages in
              the  "updates  list"  which  are already downloaded. The updates
              list is what is printed when you run  "yum  update",  "yum  list
              updates",  "yum list obsoletes" and "yum check-update".  Default
              is `bold'.  See color_list_installed_older for possible values.

              color_update_remote The colorization/highlighting  for  packages
              in  the  "updates list" which need to be downloaded. The updates
              list is what is printed when you run  "yum  update",  "yum  list
              updates",  "yum list obsoletes" and "yum check-update".  Default
              is `normal'.  See color_list_installed_older for  possible  val-
              ues.

              ui_repoid_vars  When  a repository id is displayed, append these
              yum variables to the string if they are used in the baseurl/etc.
              Variables are appended in the order listed (and found).  Default
              is 'releasever basearch'.

              clean_requirements_on_remove When removing packages (by removal,
              update or obsoletion) go through each package's dependencies. If
              any of them are no longer required by  any  other  package  then
              also  mark them to be removed.  Boolean (1, 0, True, False, yes,
              no) Defaults to False

              upgrade_requirements_on_install      When       installing/rein-
              stalling/upgrading  packages go through each package's installed
              dependencies and check for an  update.   Boolean  (1,  0,  True,
              False, yes,no) Defaults to False

              recheck_installed_requires   When  upgrading  a  package  do  we
              recheck any requirements that existed in the old package.  Turn-
              ing  this on shouldn't do anything but slow yum depsolving down,
              however using rpm --nodeps etc. can break  the  rpmdb  and  then
              this will help.  Boolean (1, 0, True, False, yes,no) Defaults to
              False

              reset_nice If set to true then yum will try to  reset  the  nice
              value  to  zero,  before running an rpm transaction. Defaults to
              True.
              exit_on_lock Should the yum client exit immediately  when  some-
              thing  else  has the lock.  Boolean (1, 0, True, False, yes, no)
              Defaults to False

              loadts_ignoremissing Should the load-ts command ignore  packages
              that  are  missing.  This  includes  packages  in  the  TS to be
              removed, which aren't installed, and packages in the  TS  to  be
              added,  which  aren't available.  If this is set to true, and an
              rpm is missing then loadts_ignorenewrpm is automatically set  to
              true.  Boolean (1, 0, True, False, yes, no) Defaults to False

              loadts_ignorerpm  Should  the  load-ts  command ignore the rpmdb
              version (yum version nogroups) or abort if there is  a  mismatch
              between  the TS file and the current machine.  If this is set to
              true, then loadts_ignorenewrpm is  automatically  set  to  true.
              Boolean (1, 0, True, False, yes, no) Defaults to False

              loadts_ignorenewrpm Should the load-ts command ignore the future
              rpmdb version or abort if there is a  mismatch  between  the  TS
              file  and what will happen on the current machine.  Note that if
              loadts_ignorerpm is True, this option does nothing.  Boolean (1,
              0, True, False, yes, no) Defaults to False

              autosavets Should yum automatically save a transaction to a file
              when the transaction is solved but  not  run.   Boolean  (1,  0,
              True, False, yes, no) Defaults to True

              fssnap_automatic_pre  Should  yum  try to automatically create a
              snapshot before it runs a transaction.   Boolean  (1,  0,  True,
              False, yes, no) Defaults to False

              fssnap_automatic_post  Should  yum try to automatically create a
              snapshot after it runs a  transaction.   Boolean  (1,  0,  True,
              False, yes, no) Defaults to False

              fssnap_automatic_keep  How  many  old  snapshots should yum keep
              when trying to automatically create a new snapshot. Setting to 0
              disables this feature. Default is '1'.

              fssnap_percentage The size of new snaphosts, expressed as a per-
              centage of the old origin device.  Any number between 1 and 100.
              Default is '100'.

              fssnap_devices  The  origin  LVM  devices  to use for snapshots.
              Wildcards and negation are allowed,  first  match  (positive  or
              negative)     wins.      Default    is:    !*/swap    !*/lv_swap
              glob:/etc/yum/fssnap.d/*.conf

              fssnap_abort_on_errors When fssnap_automatic_pre or fssnap_auto-
              matic_post  is  enabled,  it's  possible to specify which fssnap
              errors should make the transaction fail. The default is `any'.
              `broken-setup' - Abort current transaction if  snapshot  support
              is unavailable because lvm is missing or broken.
              `snapshot-failure'  -  Abort  current  transaction if creating a
              snapshot fails (e.g. there is not enough free space  to  make  a
              snapshot).
              `any' - Abort current transaction if any of the above occurs.
              `none' - Never abort a transaction in case of errors.

              depsolve_loop_limit  Set the number of times any attempt to dep-
              solve before we just give up. This shouldn't be  needed  as  yum
              should  always  solve or fail, however it has been observed that
              it can loop forever with very  large  system  upgrades.  Setting
              this  to  `0' (or "<forever>") makes yum try forever. Default is
              `100'.

              usr_w_check Either `0' or `1'. Set this to `0'  to  disable  the
              checking  for writability on /usr in the installroot (when going
              into the depsolving stage). Default is `1' (perform the check).

              skip_missing_names_on_install If set  to  False,  'yum  install'
              will  fail  if it can't find any of the provided names (package,
              group, rpm file). Boolean (1, 0, True, False, yes, no). Defaults
              to True.

              skip_missing_names_on_update  If set to False, 'yum update' will
              fail if it can't find any of the provided names (package, group,
              rpm  file).  It will also fail if the provided name is a package
              which is available, but not  installed.  Boolean  (1,  0,  True,
              False, yes, no). Defaults to True.

              shell_exit_status  Determines  the  exit  status  that should be
              returned by `yum shell' when it  terminates  after  reading  the
              `exit' command or EOF.  Possible values are: 0, ?.  If ? is set,
              the exit status is that of  the  last  command  executed  before
              `exit' (bash-like behavior).  Defaults to 0.

[repository] OPTIONS
       The repository section(s) take the following form:
              Example: [repositoryid]
              name=Some name for this repository
              baseurl=url://path/to/repository/

              repositoryid  Must  be  a  unique  name for each repository, one
              word.

              name A human readable string describing the repository.

              baseurl Must be a URL to the directory  where  the  yum  reposi-
              tory's  `repodata' directory lives. Can be an http://, ftp:// or
              file:// URL.
              You can specify multiple URLs in one baseurl statement. The best
              way to do this is like this:
              [repositoryid]
              name=Some name for this repository
              baseurl=url://server1/path/to/repository/
                      url://server2/path/to/repository/
                      url://server3/path/to/repository/
              The  URLs listed are considered different locations (mirrors) of
              the same repository.  That means, if one URL fails, another  one
              is  tried,  and so on.  The order in which the URLs are tried is
              determined by the failovermethod option.
              If you list more than one baseurl= statement in a repository you
              will  find  yum  will  ignore  the earlier ones and probably act
              bizarrely. Don't do this, you've been warned.
              You can use HTTP basic auth by  prepending  "user:password@"  to
              the   server   name   in   the   baseurl   line.   For  example:
              "baseurl=http://user:passwd AT example.com/".

              metalink Specifies a URL to a metalink file for the  repomd.xml,
              a  list  of  mirrors  for the entire repository are generated by
              converting the mirrors for the repomd.xml file to a baseurl. The
              metalink  file  also contains the latest timestamp from the data
              in the repomd.xml, the length of  the  repomd.xml  and  checksum
              data.  This  data  is  checked against any downloaded repomd.xml
              file and all of the information  from  the  metalink  file  must
              match.  This  can be used instead of or with the baseurl option.
              Substitution variables, described below, can be used  with  this
              option.  This  option disables the mirrorlist option.  As a spe-
              cial hack is the mirrorlist URL  contains  the  word  "metalink"
              then  the value of mirrorlist is copied to metalink (if metalink
              is not set).

              mirrorlist Specifies a URL  to  a  file  containing  a  list  of
              baseurls.  This  can  be  used  instead  of  or with the baseurl
              option. Substitution variables, described  below,  can  be  used
              with  this option.  As a special hack is the mirrorlist URL con-
              tains the word "metalink" then the value of mirrorlist is copied
              to metalink (if metalink is not set).

              enabled  Either  `1'  or  `0'. This tells yum whether or not use
              this repository.

              keepcache Overrides the keepcache option from the [main] section
              for this repository.

              gpgcheck  Either  `1'  or  `0'. This tells yum whether or not it
              should perform a GPG signature check on the packages gotten from
              this repository.

              repo_gpgcheck  Either  `1' or `0'. This tells yum whether or not
              it should perform a GPG signature check  on  the  repodata  from
              this repository.

              gpgkey  A URL pointing to the ASCII-armored GPG key file for the
              repository. This option is used if yum needs  a  public  key  to
              verify  a package and the required key hasn't been imported into
              the RPM database. If this option is set, yum will  automatically
              import  the  key  from  the  specified URL. You will be prompted
              before the key is installed unless the assumeyes option is set.
              Multiple URLs may be specified here in the same  manner  as  the
              baseurl  option  (above).  If a GPG key is required to install a
              package from a repository, all keys specified for  that  reposi-
              tory will be installed.

              gpgcakey A URL pointing to the ASCII-armored CA key file for the
              repository. This is a normal gpg public key - but this key  will
              be  used  to validate detached signatures of all other keys. The
              idea is you are asked to confirm import for this key. After that
              any other gpg key needed for package or repository verification,
              if it has a detached signature which matches this  key  will  be
              automatically imported without user confirmation.

              exclude  Same  as  the  [main]  exclude option but only for this
              repository.  Substitution variables, described below,  are  hon-
              ored here.
              Can be disabled using --disableexcludes.

              includepkgs  Inverse of exclude, yum will exclude any package in
              the repo. that doesn't match this list. This works  in  conjunc-
              tion   with   exclude   and  doesn't  override  it,  so  if  you
              exclude=*.i386 and includepkgs=python* then only packages start-
              ing  with  python that do not have an i386 arch. will be seen by
              yum in this repo.
              Substitution variables, described below, are honored here.
              Can be disabled using --disableexcludes.

              enablegroups Either `0' or  `1'.  Determines  whether  yum  will
              allow  the use of package groups for this repository. Default is
              `1' (package groups are allowed).

              failovermethod Either `roundrobin' or `priority'.
              `roundrobin' randomly selects a URL out of the list of  URLs  to
              start  with and proceeds through each of them as it encounters a
              failure contacting the host.
              `priority' starts  from  the  first  baseurl  listed  and  reads
              through them sequentially.
              failovermethod defaults to `roundrobin' if not specified.

              keepalive  Either  `1'  or  `0'.  This  tells yum whether or not
              HTTP/1.1 keepalive should be used with this repository. See  the
              global option in the [main] section above for more information.

              timeout Overrides the timeout option from the [main] section for
              this repository.

              http_caching Overrides the http_caching option from  the  [main]
              section for this repository.

              retries Overrides the retries option from the [main] section for
              this repository.

              throttle Overrides the throttle option from the  [main]  section
              for this repository.

              bandwidth Overrides the bandwidth option from the [main] section
              for this repository.

              ip_resolve Overrides the ip_resolve option from the [main]  sec-
              tion for this repository.

              ftp_disable_epsv  Overrides the ftp_disable_epsv option from the
              [main] section for this repository.

              deltarpm_percentage  Overrides  the  deltarpm_percentage  option
              from the [main] section for this repository.

              deltarpm_metadata_percentage    Overrides   the   deltarpm_meta-
              data_percentage option from the [main] section for this  reposi-
              tory.

              sslcacert Overrides the sslcacert option from the [main] section
              for this repository.

              sslverify Overrides the sslverify option from the [main] section
              for this repository.

              sslclientcert Overrides the sslclientcert option from the [main]
              section for this repository.

              sslclientkey Overrides the sslclientkey option from  the  [main]
              section for this repository.

              ssl_check_cert_permissions  Overrides the ssl_check_cert_permis-
              sions option from the [main] section for this repository.

              metadata_expire Overrides the metadata_expire  option  from  the
              [main] section for this repository.

              metadata_expire_filter   Overrides   the  metadata_expire_filter
              option from the [main] section for this repository.

              mirrorlist_expire Overrides the  mirrorlist_expire  option  from
              the [main] section for this repository.

              proxy  URL  to  the  proxy  server  for  this repository. Set to
              '_none_' to disable the global proxy setting  for  this  reposi-
              tory. If this is unset it inherits it from the global setting

              proxy_username  username  to use for proxy.  If this is unset it
              inherits it from the global setting

              proxy_password password for this proxy.  If  this  is  unset  it
              inherits it from the global setting

              username  username  to use for basic authentication to a repo or
              really any url.  If this is unset it inherits it from the global
              setting

              password password to use with the username for basic authentica-
              tion.  If this is unset it inherits it from the global setting

              cost relative cost of  accessing  this  repository.  Useful  for
              weighing  one  repo's  packages  as greater/less than any other.
              defaults to 1000

              skip_if_unavailable If set to True yum will continue running  if
              this  repository cannot be contacted for any reason. This should
              be set carefully as all repos are consulted for any  given  com-
              mand. Defaults to False.

              async  If  set  to  True Yum will download packages and metadata
              from this repo in parallel, if possible.  Defaults to True.

              ui_repoid_vars Overrides  the  ui_repoid_vars  option  from  the
              [main] section for this repository.

              compare_providers_priority  During depsolving, when choosing the
              best provider among several, yum will respect  the  priority  of
              each  provider's  repository  (note that there are other factors
              which yum considers, which may overweigh the  repository  prior-
              ity).  The  value  is  an integer from 1 to 99, 1 being the most
              preferred repository, and 99 being the least preferred  one.  By
              default all repositories have the priority of 80.

URL INCLUDE SYNTAX
       The   inclusion  of  external  configuration  files  is  supported  for
       /etc/yum.conf and the .repo files in the /etc/yum.repos.d directory. To
       include a URL, use a line of the following format:
       include=url://to/some/location
       The  configuration  file  will  be  inserted  at  the  position  of the
       "include=" line.  Included files may contain further include lines. Yum
       will abort with an error if an inclusion loop is detected.

GLOB: FOR LIST OPTIONS
       Any  of  the  configurations  options  which are a list of items can be
       specfied using the glob syntax: glob:/etc/path/somewhere.d/*.conf. This
       will read in all files matching that glob and include all lines in each
       file (excluding comments and blank lines) as items in the list.
VARIABLES
       There are a number of variables you can  use  to  ease  maintenance  of
       yum's  configuration files. They are available in the values of several
       options including name, baseurl and commands.
              $releasever This will be replaced with the value of the  version
              of the package listed in distroverpkg. This defaults to the ver-
              sion of `redhat-release' package.

              $arch This will be replaced with the architecture or your system
              as detected by yum.

              $basearch  This  will be replaced with your base architecture in
              yum. For example, if your $arch is i686 your $basearch  will  be
              i386.

              $uuid  This  will  be replaced with a unique but persistent uuid
              for this machine.  The value that is  first  generated  will  be
              stored  in  /var/lib/yum/uuid  and  reused  until  this  file is
              deleted.

              $YUM0-$YUM9 These will be replaced with the value of  the  shell
              environment  variable of the same name. If the shell environment
              variable does not exist then  the  configuration  file  variable
              will not be replaced.

       When variable names are parsed in a string, all alphanumeric characters
       and underscores immediately following a $ sign are interpreted as  part
       of  a  name.  If a variable is undefined, it will not be replaced.  For
       example,  the  strings  $releasever-foo  or  $releasever/foo  will   be
       expanded with the $releasever value accordingly, whereas $releaseverfoo
       or $releasever_foo will not be expanded.
       As of 3.2.28, any properly named file in /etc/yum/vars is turned into a
       variable  named after the filename (or overrides any of the above vari-
       ables).  Filenames may contain only alphanumeric characters and  under-
       scores and be in lowercase.
       Note  that no warnings/errors are given if the files are unreadable, so
       creating files that only root can read may be confusing for users.
       Also note that only the first line will be read and all new line  char-
       acters  are  removed,  as  a convenience. However, no other checking is
       performed on the data. This means it is possible to have bad  character
       data in any value.

FILES
       /etc/yum.conf
       /etc/yum.repos.d/
       /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/
       /etc/yum/protected.d
       /etc/yum/vars

SEE ALSO
       yum(8)


Seth Vidal                                                         yum.conf(5)