Report updated vs already up-to-date hosts in update_system.yml

Check each host for pending packages before upgrading, then print a
per-host status (updated with the package list, up to date, or failed)
and one consolidated summary play with totals.

Failed upgrades are caught per host so they are reported instead of
dropping out of the run, and a final fail task keeps the run non-zero.
The read-only cache refresh and pending checks run with check_mode:
false, so --check works as a dry run.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Harwinder Sekhon
2026-09-30 21:01:23 -04:00
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|----------|-------|----------------------|
| `ping.yml` | all | connectivity check |
| `health_check.yml` | all | disk and RAM report; Telegram alert for filesystems above `disk_warn_pct` (default 80) and offline hosts |
| `update_system.yml` | ubuntu, rocky | apt dist-upgrade / dnf update |
| `update_system.yml` | ubuntu, rocky | apt dist-upgrade / dnf update; reports per host whether it was updated (with the package list) or already up to date, plus a final summary. Supports `--check` as a dry run |
| `bootstrap_lxc.yml` | ubuntu, rocky | base packages (EPEL and CRB enabled on Rocky), Ansible root key, sshd basics |
| `add_root_key.yml` | all | add a personal public key to root |
| `time-region.yml` | ubuntu, rocky | timezone, NTP on VMs, NTP disabled in LXC. `timezone_region`, `ntp_server` |
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# Full package upgrade for every reachable host: apt dist-upgrade on Ubuntu,
# dnf update on Rocky Linux. Each host is checked for pending packages before
# the upgrade runs, so the per-host and final reports show which systems were
# actually updated (and with what) and which were already up to date.
#
# Nothing reboots here; use reboot_check.yml for that.
# Play 1: probe every ubuntu/rocky host and sort them into a "reachable_hosts"
# group so the two upgrade plays below can skip anything that's offline.
- name: Check Host Availability
hosts: ubuntu:rocky
gather_facts: false
ignore_unreachable: true
tasks:
# Ping each host; failures/unreachables are swallowed so the play keeps
# going instead of aborting the whole run.
- name: Ping hosts to check availability
ansible.builtin.ping:
register: ping_result
ignore_errors: true
ignore_unreachable: true
# Dynamically creates/populates the "reachable_hosts" group, used by the
# upgrade plays' host patterns (ubuntu:&reachable_hosts etc.).
- name: Add reachable hosts to group
ansible.builtin.group_by:
key: reachable_hosts
when: ping_result is reachable and ping_result is succeeded
# Print a message for any host that failed the ping, so offline hosts
# are visible in the run output and in the final summary.
- name: Report offline hosts
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "Host {{ inventory_hostname }} is OFFLINE and will be skipped"
msg: "{{ inventory_hostname }} - OFFLINE and will be skipped"
when: ping_result is unreachable or ping_result is failed
delegate_to: localhost
# Play 2: upgrade Ubuntu hosts and record what each one needed.
- name: Update and Upgrade - Ubuntu
hosts: ubuntu:&reachable_hosts
become: true
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Update & Upgrade via apt
# Refresh the package lists first so the pending check below is accurate.
# A cache refreshed within the last hour is reused.
- name: Update apt cache
ansible.builtin.apt:
update_cache: true
cache_valid_time: 3600
upgrade: dist
changed_when: false # refreshing the lists is not a change worth reporting
check_mode: false
# Simulate the upgrade (no changes made) to learn which packages are
# pending. Each candidate shows up as an "Inst <name> ..." line.
- name: Check which packages are pending # noqa: command-instead-of-module (dry run, the apt module cannot simulate)
ansible.builtin.command: apt-get --just-print dist-upgrade
register: apt_simulate
changed_when: false
check_mode: false
environment:
DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
- name: Record pending package list
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
updated_packages: "{{ apt_simulate.stdout | regex_findall('(?m)^Inst (\\S+)') }}"
# The actual upgrade. Hosts with nothing pending come back unchanged.
# A failure is caught so this host still shows up in the reports below;
# the final play turns any failure back into a non-zero exit.
- name: Update & Upgrade via apt
block:
- name: Run apt dist-upgrade
ansible.builtin.apt:
update_cache: false
upgrade: dist
register: upgrade_result
rescue:
- name: Record the upgrade error
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
update_error: "{{ upgrade_result.msg | default('see the task output above') }}"
# update_status drives both the per-host report and the final summary:
# updated - packages were installed
# up to date - nothing was pending
# failed - the upgrade task itself errored out
- name: Record update status
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
update_status: >-
{{ 'failed' if upgrade_result is failed
else ('updated' if upgrade_result is changed else 'up to date') }}
- name: Print report
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: |
======================================================
HOST: {{ inventory_hostname }} ({{ ansible_host }}) - Ubuntu
======================================================
STATUS: {{ update_status | upper }}{{ ' (CHECK MODE - nothing was applied)' if ansible_check_mode else '' }}
{% if update_status == 'updated' %}
------------------------------------------------------
PACKAGES UPDATED: {{ updated_packages | length }}
{{ updated_packages | join(', ') | default('(list unavailable)', true) }}
{% elif update_status == 'failed' %}
------------------------------------------------------
ERROR: {{ update_error | default('see the task output above') }}
PACKAGES STILL PENDING: {{ updated_packages | length }}
{{ updated_packages | join(', ') | default('(list unavailable)', true) }}
{% endif %}
======================================================
# Play 3: upgrade Rocky Linux hosts and record what each one needed.
- name: Update and Upgrade - Rocky Linux
hosts: rocky:&reachable_hosts
become: true
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Update & Upgrade via dnf
# Refresh the metadata first so the pending check below is accurate.
- name: Update dnf cache
ansible.builtin.dnf:
name: "*"
state: latest
update_cache: true
changed_when: false # refreshing the metadata is not a change worth reporting
check_mode: false
# rc 100 means updates are available, rc 0 means none, so only other
# codes count as a failure.
- name: Check which packages are pending
ansible.builtin.command: dnf check-update
register: dnf_check
changed_when: false
check_mode: false
failed_when: dnf_check.rc not in [0, 100]
# Pull the "name.arch version repo" lines out of the check-update
# output. Anything under "Obsoleting Packages" is a duplicate listing,
# so the output is truncated there first.
- name: Record pending package list
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
updated_packages: >-
{{ dnf_check.stdout.split('Obsoleting Packages')[0].splitlines()
| select('match', '^\S+\.\S+\s+\S+\s+\S+$')
| map('regex_replace', '^(\S+)\s.*$', '\1') | list }}
# The actual upgrade. Hosts with nothing pending come back unchanged.
# A failure is caught so this host still shows up in the reports below;
# the final play turns any failure back into a non-zero exit.
- name: Update & Upgrade via dnf
block:
- name: Run dnf update
ansible.builtin.dnf:
name: "*"
state: latest
update_cache: false
register: upgrade_result
rescue:
- name: Record the upgrade error
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
update_error: "{{ upgrade_result.msg | default('see the task output above') }}"
# Same three states as the Ubuntu play above.
- name: Record update status
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
update_status: >-
{{ 'failed' if upgrade_result is failed
else ('updated' if upgrade_result is changed else 'up to date') }}
- name: Print report
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: |
======================================================
HOST: {{ inventory_hostname }} ({{ ansible_host }}) - Rocky Linux
======================================================
STATUS: {{ update_status | upper }}{{ ' (CHECK MODE - nothing was applied)' if ansible_check_mode else '' }}
{% if update_status == 'updated' %}
------------------------------------------------------
PACKAGES UPDATED: {{ updated_packages | length }}
{{ updated_packages | join(', ') | default('(list unavailable)', true) }}
{% elif update_status == 'failed' %}
------------------------------------------------------
ERROR: {{ update_error | default('see the task output above') }}
PACKAGES STILL PENDING: {{ updated_packages | length }}
{{ updated_packages | join(', ') | default('(list unavailable)', true) }}
{% endif %}
======================================================
# Play 4: after both upgrade plays have run, print one consolidated summary of
# which hosts were updated, which were already current, and which were missed.
- name: Summary - Updated Hosts
hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: false
vars:
all_targets: "{{ groups['ubuntu'] | default([]) | union(groups['rocky'] | default([])) }}"
reachable: "{{ groups['reachable_hosts'] | default([]) }}"
# update_status of every host that got far enough to set it.
statuses: "{{ reachable | map('extract', hostvars, 'update_status') | select('defined') | list }}"
status_counts:
"updated": "{{ statuses | select('equalto', 'updated') | list | length }}"
"up to date": "{{ statuses | select('equalto', 'up to date') | list | length }}"
"failed": "{{ statuses | select('equalto', 'failed') | list | length }}"
failed_hosts: "{{ reachable | map('extract', hostvars) | selectattr('update_status', 'defined')
| selectattr('update_status', 'equalto', 'failed')
| map(attribute='inventory_hostname') | list }}"
tasks:
- name: Print hosts that were updated
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: >-
UPDATED {{ item }} -
{{ hostvars[item].updated_packages | default([]) | length }} package(s):
{{ hostvars[item].updated_packages | default([]) | join(', ') | default('(list unavailable)', true) }}
loop: "{{ reachable }}"
when: hostvars[item].update_status | default('') == 'updated'
- name: Print hosts that were already up to date
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "UP TO DATE {{ item }} - no packages pending"
loop: "{{ reachable }}"
when: hostvars[item].update_status | default('') == 'up to date'
- name: Print hosts whose upgrade failed
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "FAILED {{ item }} - the upgrade task reported an error, see the play output above"
loop: "{{ reachable }}"
when: hostvars[item].update_status | default('') == 'failed'
# Covers both hosts that failed the initial ping and any host that became
# unreachable part way through an upgrade play.
- name: Print hosts that were skipped
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "SKIPPED {{ item }} - offline or unreachable, not upgraded"
loop: "{{ all_targets }}"
when: hostvars[item].update_status is not defined
- name: Print totals
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: >-
{{ all_targets | length }} host(s) targeted,
{{ status_counts['updated'] }} updated,
{{ status_counts['up to date'] }} already up to date,
{{ status_counts['failed'] }} failed,
{{ all_targets | reject('in', reachable) | list | length }} skipped;
{{ reachable | map('extract', hostvars, 'updated_packages')
| select('defined') | map('length') | sum }}
package(s) updated in total.
{{ '(CHECK MODE - nothing was applied.)' if ansible_check_mode else '' }}
# Keep a failed upgrade visible to Semaphore: every report above has been
# printed by now, so it is safe to end the run non-zero here.
- name: Fail the run if any host could not be upgraded
ansible.builtin.fail:
msg: "Upgrade failed on: {{ failed_hosts | join(', ') }}"
when: failed_hosts | length > 0