README.md

update

Build Status

Install updates on your system.

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/playbook.yml:

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

  roles:
    - robertdebock.bootstrap
    - robertdebock.update

Role Variables

These 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: no

# For APT (Debian/Ubuntu) only: apt_upgrade type which can be: dist, full, yes, 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:
# "yes": Always reboot when packages have changed.
# "no": Never reboot when packages have changed.
update_reboot: yes

Requirements

  • Access to a repository containing packages, likely on the internet.
  • A recent version of Ansible. (Tests run on the last 3 release of Ansible.)

The following roles can be installed to ensure all requirements are met, using ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml:

---
- robertdebock.bootstrap
- robertdebock.reboot

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: dependencies

Compatibility

This role has been tested against the following distributions and Ansible version:

distribution ansible 2.6 ansible 2.7 ansible devel
alpine-edge* yes yes yes*
alpine-latest yes yes yes*
archlinux yes yes yes*
centos-6 yes yes yes*
centos-latest yes yes yes*
debian-latest yes yes yes*
debian-stable yes yes yes*
debian-unstable* yes yes yes*
fedora-latest yes yes yes*
fedora-rawhide* yes yes yes*
opensuse-leap yes yes yes*
opensuse-tumbleweed yes yes yes*
ubuntu-artful yes yes yes*
ubuntu-devel* yes yes yes*
ubuntu-latest yes yes yes*

A single star means the build may fail, it's marked as an experimental build.

Testing

Unit tests are done on every commit and periodically.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

To test this role locally please use Molecule:

pip install molecule
molecule test

To test on Amazon EC2, configure ~/.aws/credentials and export AWS_REGION=eu-central-1 before running molecule test --scenario-name ec2.

There are many specific scenarios available, please have a look in the molecule/ directory.

Run the ansible-galaxy and my lint rules if you want your change to be merges:

git clone https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint.git /tmp/ansible-lint
ansible-lint -r /tmp/ansible-lint/lib/ansiblelint/rules .

git clone https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-lint /tmp/my-ansible-lint
ansible-lint -r /tmp/my-ansible-lint/rules .

License

Apache-2.0

Author Information

Robert de Bock robert@meinit.nl