Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.syspatch.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| revert string |
| Revert system patches. |
- name: Apply all available system patches
community.general.syspatch:
- name: Revert last patch
community.general.syspatch:
revert: one
- name: Revert all patches
community.general.syspatch:
revert: all
# NOTE: You can reboot automatically if a patch requires it:
- name: Apply all patches and store result
community.general.syspatch:
register: syspatch
- name: Reboot if patch requires it
ansible.builtin.reboot:
when: syspatch.reboot_needed
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| rc integer | always | The command return code (0 means success) |
| reboot_needed boolean | always | Whether or not a reboot is required after an update. Sample: True |
| stderr string | always | syspatch standard error. Sample: syspatch: need root privileges |
| stdout string | always | syspatch standard output. Sample: 001_rip6cksum |
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/syspatch_module.html