Ansible role update

Install updates on your system.

GitHub	Version	Issues	Pull Requests	Downloads

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: buluma.update

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: buluma.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for update

# For APT (Debian/Ubuntu) only: remove unused dependency packages for all module states except `build-dep'
update_autoremove: false

# For APT (Debian/Ubuntu) only: apt_upgrade type which can be: dist, full, true, or safe
update_upgrade_command: dist

# For APT (Debian/Ubuntu) only: update the apt cache if it's older than the cache_valid_time. Set in seconds.
update_cache_valid_time: 1

# When updating systems, a reboot may be required. Here you can select to:
# "true": Always reboot when packages have changed.
# "false": Never reboot when packages have changed.
update_reboot: true

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	Version
buluma.bootstrap

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
Alpine	all
Amazon	Candidate
EL	8
Debian	all
Fedora	38, 39
opensuse	all
Ubuntu	all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

Changelog

Role History

License

Apache-2.0

Author Information

Shadow Walker