3.2. Script - Updating a Debian/Linux Server through Ansible

To update a server (or server group) add this to a yml script file.

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     ---
     - hosts: linuxservers proxmoxservers
     remote_user: ansible
     become: yes
     tasks:
             - name: 'update'
             apt:
                     update_cache: yes
             - name: 'Install aptitude'
             apt:
                     name: aptitude
                     update_cache: yes
     #       register: OUT
     #    - name: Debug OUT
     #     debug: msg={{ OUT.stdout_lines}}
             - name: 'upgrade'
             apt:
                     name: "*"
                     state: latest
     #       register: OUT
     #    - name: Debug OUT
     #     debug: msg={{ OUT.stdout_lines}}
             - name: 'dist-upgrade'
             apt:
                     upgrade: dist
     #       register: OUT
     #    - name: Debug OUT
     #     debug: msg={{ OUT.stdout_lines}}
             - name: 'autoremove'
             apt:
                     autoremove: yes
     #       register: OUT
     #    - name: Debug OUT
     #     debug: msg={{ OUT.stdout_lines}}
             - name: 'autoclean'
             apt:
                     autoclean: yes
                     upgrade: dist
     #       register: OUT
     #    - name: Debug OUT
     #     debug: msg={{ OUT.stdout_lines}}
             - name: 'check if reboot needed'
             stat: path=/var/run/reboot-required
             register: reboot_required_file
             - name: Rebooting machine
             shell: sleep 2 && shutdown -r now "Ansible updates triggered"
             async: 1
             poll: 0
             ignore_errors: true
             when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists
             - name: Waiting for the machine to come back
             local_action: wait_for host={{ ansible_host }} state=started port=22 delay=30
             become: no
             when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists

And execute it on the console

$ ansible-playbook act.yml -K

That’s it!