revert releasever to major version for epel install

Author: bertiethorpe

ansible/bootstrap.yml

@@ -13,16 +13,6 @@
         mode: '0644'
       when: ansible_distribution_major_version == "9"
 
-    - name: Set EPEL repository releasever to 9 (major version)
-      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-        path: /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo
-        regexp: '^releasever='
-        line: 'releasever=9'
-        create: yes
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: '0644'
-
     - name: Clean DNF metadata
       ansible.builtin.command:
         cmd: dnf clean all

ansible/roles/fail2ban/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
-- name: Install EPEL repo
-  package:
-    name: epel-release
+- name: Use dnf to set EPEL releasever during installation
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: "dnf install epel-release --setopt=releasever=9"
 
 - name: Install fail2ban packages
   package:

ansible/roles/ofed/tasks/install.yml

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     # dnf line format e.g. "kernel.x86_64  4.18.0-513.18.1.el8_9   @baseos  "
 
 - name: Enable epel
-  dnf:
-    name: epel-release
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: "dnf install epel-release --setopt=releasever=9"
 
 - name: Check for existing OFED installation
   command: ofed_info