https://github.com/ahuffman/patching

An Ansible Role to perform automated patching of systems. The Role checks to see if services need restarting and also if the system needs a reboot due to patching.
https://github.com/ahuffman/patching

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An Ansible Role to perform automated patching of systems. The Role checks to see if services need restarting and also if the system needs a reboot due to patching.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ahuffman/patching
• Owner: ahuffman
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-08-13T13:59:25.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-07-19T21:43:30.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-24T18:21:29.096Z (9 months ago)
• Topics: ansible, ansible-patching, ansible-role, patching
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• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 13
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# ahuffman.patching

An Ansible Role to perform automated patching of systems.  The Role checks to see if services need restarting and also if the system needs a reboot due to patching.

# Role Variables

| Variable Name | Required | Description | Default Value | Variable Type |

| --- | :---: | --- | --- | :---: |

| patch_display_patch_output | yes | Whether or not to display output results of patching procedure | True | boolean |

| patch_reboot_message | no | Message to pass to the reboot module when a reboot is required due to patching activities. | "Rebooting due to patching." | string |

| patch_pkgs | no | List of specific packages to patch. **Patches all packages by default.** | ["*"] | list |

| patch_never_reboot | no | To ensure a system never reboots if a reboot is required post patching, set to True | False | boolean |

| patch_never_restart_svc | no | To ensure services never restart if required post patching, set to True | False | boolean |

# Example Playbook

```yaml

    - hosts: "all"

      tasks:

        - name: "Patch Servers"

          include_role:

            name: "ahuffman.patching"

          vars:

            patch_display_patch_output: False

            patch_pkgs:

              - "yum"

              - "httpd"

              - "ansible"

            patch_never_reboot: True

            patch_never_restart_svc: True

```

# License

[MIT](LICENSE)

# Author Information

[Andrew J. Huffman](https://github.com/ahuffman)