diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index c208253..fccf9be 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
     "cSpell.words": [
-        "autoupdate"
+        "autoupdate",
+        "basearch",
+        "epel",
+        "mirrorlist"
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifests/main/epel.pp b/manifests/main/epel.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91c67ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/main/epel.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+## resources_cd::main::epel.pp
+# Module name: resources_cd
+# Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
+# @summary Class manages yum repo for epel.
+##############################################################################
+class resources_cd::main::epel (
+
+) inherits resources_cd::params {
+  if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Rocky' and $facts['os']['release']['major'] == '9' {
+    yumrepo { 'crb':
+      enabled => '1',
+    }
+
+    exec { 'install EPEL RPM':
+      command => "dnf install -y ${epel_from_url}",
+      path    => '/usr/bin',
+      unless  => 'rpm -q epel-release-9-9.el9.noarch',
+      require => Yumrepo['crb'],
+    }
+
+    yumrepo {
+      'epel':
+        descr      => "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - \$basearch",
+        mirrorlist => 'https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-9&arch=$basearch&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir',
+        enabled    => '1',
+        gpgcheck   => '0',
+        require    => Exec['install EPEL RPM'],
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/main/install.pp b/manifests/main/install.pp
index b1190f9..7ddb1d3 100644
--- a/manifests/main/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/install.pp
@@ -9,10 +9,4 @@ class resources_cd::main::install (
   package { $reqpackages:
     ensure => $pkg_ensure,
   }
-
-  if $rs_autoupdate == true {
-    package { 'yum-cron':
-      ensure  => present,
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/main/service.pp b/manifests/main/service.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index 92db30c..0000000
--- a/manifests/main/service.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-## resources_cd::main::service.pp
-# Module name: resources_cd
-# Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
-# @summary Class manages service settings in  resources_cd
-##############################################################################
-class resources_cd::main::service (
-
-) inherits resources_cd::params {
-  if $rs_autoupdate == true {
-    service { $rs_cron_service:
-      ensure     => running,
-      hasstatus  => true,
-      hasrestart => true,
-      enable     => true,
-    }
-  }
-  if $rs_autoupdate == false {
-    service { $rs_cron_service:
-      ensure => stopped,
-      enable => false,
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/manifests/main/yumrepo.pp b/manifests/main/yumrepo.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ed768a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/main/yumrepo.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+## resources_cd::main::yumrepo.pp
+# Module name: resources_cd
+# Author: Arne Teuke (arne_teuke@confdroid.com)
+# @summary Class manages yum repos for Rocky.
+##############################################################################
+class resources_cd::main::yumrepo (
+
+) inherits resources_cd::params {
+# 
+}
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 4fc2018..a3ec697 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # @summary Class contains all parameters for the resources_cd module.
 # @param [array] reqpackages which packages to install
 # @param [string] pkg_ensure version to install, 'present', 'latest', 'v1.0'
-# @param [boolean] rs_autoupdate whether to enable auto-updates on yum
+# @param [boolean] rs_enable_epel whether to enable epel
 ##############################################################################
 class resources_cd::params (
 
@@ -12,17 +12,10 @@ class resources_cd::params (
     'Rocky'   => ['yum', 'yum-utils'],
   },
   String $pkg_ensure  = 'present',
-
-# autoupdate
-  Boolean $rs_autoupdate = $facts['os']['name'] ? {
-    'Rocky'   => true,
-  }
+  Boolean $rs_enable_epel   = false,
 
 ) {
-# service
-  $rs_cron_service        = 'yum-cron'
-
-
+  $epel_from_url              = 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm'
   # includes must be last
   include resources_cd::main::config
 }