selinux_install.md

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selinux_install

The selinux_install resource is used to encapsulate the set of selinux packages to install in order to manage selinux. It also ensures the directory /etc/selinux is created.

Introduced: v4.0.0

Actions

Action	Description
:install	(Default) Install required packages
:upgrade	Upgrade required packages
:remove	Remove any SELinux-related packages

Properties

Name	Type	Default	Description
packages	String, Array	see default_install_packages	SELinux packages for system

Examples

Default installation

selinux_install 'example'

Install with custom packages

selinux_install 'example' do
  packages %w(policycoreutils selinux-policy selinux-policy-targeted)
end

Uninstall

selinux_install 'example' do
  action :remove
end