myklsandusky-xms / ansible-system-update-archive

The code I used for that one Ansible video I did a while back

ansible-system-update

This is the code I wrote for the Ansible video I made in 2018. If you want to run it yourself, you'll need:

• Ansible 2.0 or greater (install it via python-pip)
• A server (or five) to run it against. Localhost works too.

Remember that you'll need to create the file /etc/ansible/hosts and add entries for the servers you want to run updates against. Read more about the hosts file here.

Once you have added your hosts, update the hosts: entry in the main.yml with the name of your host, and then run ansible-playbook main.yml. If your host is running Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, or openSUSE Leap, Ansible will begin updating your system!

Note: If your host is running some other Linux distribution, you will need to add a new task to the main.yml file. Read more about Ansible packaging modules here.