Ansible role auto_update

Install and configure automatic package updates on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

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: robertdebock.auto_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: robertdebock.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 auto_update

# (RedHat like systems only) What type of updates to apply, valid choices are:
# default, security, security-severity:Critial, minimal, minimal-security, minimal-security-severity:Critical
auto_update_update_cmd: default

# (RedHat like systems only) Whether a message should be emitted when updates are available, were downloaded, or applied.
auto_update_message: false

# Whether updates should be downloaded when they are available.
auto_update_download_updates: true

# Whether updates should be applied when they are available.  Note
# that download_updates must also be yes for the update to be applied.
auto_update_apply_updates: false

# Maximum amout of time to randomly sleep, in minutes.
auto_update_random_sleep: 360

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	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.cron

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
EL	8, 9
Debian	all
Fedora	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.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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