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Harwinder Sekhon 501e81dbc1 Add comments and pending-update reporting to auto_updates.yml
Documents each play/task, and adds per-host and final summary output
showing how many packages are pending on each host.
2026-09-19 19:31:59 -04:00

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---
# Enables automatic security updates: unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu and
# dnf-automatic on Rocky Linux. Neither reboots automatically; use
# reboot_check.yml for that.
# Play 1: probe every ubuntu/rocky host and sort them into a "reachable_hosts"
# group so the two update 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
# Ubuntu and Rocky 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.
- name: Report offline hosts
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ inventory_hostname }} - OFFLINE"
when: ping_result is unreachable or ping_result is failed
delegate_to: localhost
# Play 2: install and configure unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu hosts, then
# report its status. Does not enable automatic reboots.
- name: Auto Updates - Ubuntu
hosts: ubuntu:&reachable_hosts
become: true
gather_facts: false
tasks:
# Make sure the unattended-upgrades package is present.
- name: Install unattended-upgrades
ansible.builtin.apt:
name: unattended-upgrades
state: present
update_cache: true
cache_valid_time: 3600
# Turn on apt's periodic package-list refresh, unattended-upgrade run,
# and weekly autoclean.
- name: Enable periodic package list refresh and upgrades
ansible.builtin.copy:
dest: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
content: |
// Managed by Ansible (playbooks/auto_updates.yml)
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
owner: root
group: root
mode: '0644'
# Local overrides layered on top of the stock 50unattended-upgrades
# config: clean up unused deps, but never reboot automatically.
- name: Configure unattended-upgrades behaviour
ansible.builtin.copy:
dest: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-local
content: |
// Managed by Ansible (playbooks/auto_updates.yml)
// Allowed origins (security / ESM) come from the stock 50unattended-upgrades.
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "false";
owner: root
group: root
mode: '0644'
# Enable and start the systemd timers that actually trigger apt's
# periodic update/upgrade cycle.
- name: Enable apt timers
ansible.builtin.systemd:
name: "{{ item }}"
enabled: true
state: started
loop:
- apt-daily.timer
- apt-daily-upgrade.timer
# Simulate an unattended-upgrade run (no changes made) so the report
# below shows what would actually be upgraded.
- name: Dry-run unattended-upgrade
ansible.builtin.command: unattended-upgrade --dry-run -v
register: uu_dry_run
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
# Pull the package list out of the dry-run's "Packages that will be
# upgraded: ..." line, used for the per-host and final summary reports.
- name: Extract pending package list
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
pending_update_packages: "{{ (uu_dry_run.stdout | regex_findall('Packages that will be upgraded:\\s*(.*)') | first | default('')).split() }}"
- name: Compute pending update count
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
pending_update_count: "{{ pending_update_packages | length }}"
# Grab the current state of the apt-daily timers for the report.
- name: List apt timers # noqa: command-instead-of-module (read-only listing)
ansible.builtin.command: systemctl list-timers apt-daily* --no-pager --all
register: apt_timers
changed_when: false
# Summarize timer status, pending update count, and the tail of the
# dry-run output per host.
- name: Print report
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: |
======================================================
HOST: {{ inventory_hostname }} ({{ ansible_host }})
======================================================
TIMERS:
{{ apt_timers.stdout }}
------------------------------------------------------
PENDING UPDATES: {{ pending_update_count }}
{{ pending_update_packages | join(', ') }}
------------------------------------------------------
DRY RUN (last lines):
{{ (uu_dry_run.stdout_lines + uu_dry_run.stderr_lines)[-6:] | join('\n') }}
======================================================
# Play 3: install and configure dnf-automatic on Rocky Linux hosts (security
# updates only), then report its status.
- name: Auto Updates - Rocky Linux
hosts: rocky:&reachable_hosts
become: true
gather_facts: false
tasks:
# Make sure the dnf-automatic package is present.
- name: Install dnf-automatic
ansible.builtin.dnf:
name: dnf-automatic
state: present
# Set dnf-automatic to download and apply security updates only, and
# log output to stdout (captured by the systemd journal).
- name: Configure dnf-automatic for security updates
community.general.ini_file:
path: /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
section: "{{ item.section }}"
option: "{{ item.option }}"
value: "{{ item.value }}"
mode: '0644'
loop:
- { section: commands, option: upgrade_type, value: security }
- { section: commands, option: download_updates, value: "yes" }
- { section: commands, option: apply_updates, value: "yes" }
- { section: emitters, option: emit_via, value: stdio }
loop_control:
label: "{{ item.section }}/{{ item.option }} = {{ item.value }}"
# Enable and start the systemd timer that triggers dnf-automatic runs.
- name: Enable dnf-automatic timer
ansible.builtin.systemd:
name: dnf-automatic.timer
enabled: true
state: started
# Grab the current state of the dnf-automatic timer for the report.
- name: List dnf-automatic timers # noqa: command-instead-of-module (read-only listing)
ansible.builtin.command: systemctl list-timers dnf-automatic* --no-pager --all
register: dnf_timers
changed_when: false
# Check what security updates are pending. rc 100 means updates are
# available, rc 0 means none, so only other codes count as a failure.
- name: Check for pending security updates
ansible.builtin.command: dnf check-update --security
register: dnf_check
changed_when: false
failed_when: dnf_check.rc not in [0, 100]
# Pull the "name.arch version repo" lines out of the check-update
# output, used for the per-host and final summary reports.
- name: Extract pending package list
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
pending_update_packages: "{{ dnf_check.stdout_lines | select('match', '^\\S+\\.\\S+\\s+\\S+\\s+\\S+$') | map('regex_replace', '^(\\S+)\\s.*$', '\\1') | list }}"
- name: Compute pending update count
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
pending_update_count: "{{ pending_update_packages | length }}"
# Summarize timer status and pending update count per host.
- name: Print report
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: |
======================================================
HOST: {{ inventory_hostname }} ({{ ansible_host }})
======================================================
TIMERS:
{{ dnf_timers.stdout }}
------------------------------------------------------
PENDING UPDATES: {{ pending_update_count }}
{{ pending_update_packages | join(', ') }}
======================================================
# Play 4: after both OS-specific plays have run, print one consolidated
# summary of which hosts have pending updates and how many packages.
- name: Summary - Pending Updates
hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Print hosts with pending updates
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ item }} - {{ hostvars[item].pending_update_count }} package(s) pending: {{ hostvars[item].pending_update_packages | join(', ') }}"
loop: "{{ groups['reachable_hosts'] | default([]) }}"
when: hostvars[item].pending_update_count | default(0) | int > 0
- name: Print hosts fully up to date
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ item }} - up to date"
loop: "{{ groups['reachable_hosts'] | default([]) }}"
when: hostvars[item].pending_update_count is defined and hostvars[item].pending_update_count | int == 0
- name: Print totals
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: >-
{{ groups['reachable_hosts'] | default([]) | length }} host(s) reachable,
{{ groups['reachable_hosts'] | default([])
| map('extract', hostvars, 'pending_update_count') | select('defined') | map('int') | select('>', 0) | list | length }}
with pending updates,
{{ groups['reachable_hosts'] | default([])
| map('extract', hostvars, 'pending_update_count') | select('defined') | map('int') | sum }}
package(s) total pending.