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update
Install updates on your system.
| GitHub | GitLab | Quality | Downloads | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Example Playbook
This example is taken from molecule/resources/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.
---
- name: Converge
hosts: all
become: yes
gather_facts: yes
roles:
- role: robertdebock.update
The machine needs to be prepared in CI this is done using molecule/resources/prepare.yml:
---
- name: Prepare
hosts: all
become: yes
gather_facts: no
roles:
- role: robertdebock.bootstrap
Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.
Role Variables
These variables are set in defaults/main.yml:
---
# defaults file for update
# For APT (Debian/Ubuntu) only: remove unused dependency packages for all module states except `build-dep'
update_autoremove: no
# For APT (Debian/Ubuntu) only: apt_upgrade type which can be: dist, full, yes, or safe
update_upgrade_command: dist
# For APT (Debian/Ubuntu) only: update the apt cache if it's older than the cache_valid_time. Set in seconds.
update_cache_valid_time: 1
# When updating systems, a reboot may be required. Here you can select to:
# "yes": Always reboot when packages have changed.
# "no": Never reboot when packages have changed.
update_reboot: yes
Requirements
- pip packages listed in requirements.txt.
Status of requirements
The following roles are used to prepare a system. You may choose to prepare your system in another way, I have tested these roles as well.
| Requirement | GitHub | GitLab |
|---|---|---|
| robertdebock.bootstrap |
Context
This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.
Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility
This role has been tested on these container images:
| container | tags |
|---|---|
| alpine | all |
| amazon | Candidate |
| el | 7, 8 |
| debian | buster, bullseye |
| fedora | all |
| opensuse | all |
| ubuntu | focal, bionic |
The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.10, tests have been done to:
- The previous version.
- The current version.
- The development version.
Exceptions
Some variarations of the build matrix do not work. These are the variations and reasons why the build won't work:
| variation | reason |
|---|---|
| Archlinux & Ansible 2.7 | New-style module did not handle its own exit |
If you find issues, please register them in GitHub
License
Apache-2.0
Contributors
I'd like to thank everybody that made contributions to this repository. It motivates me, improves the code and is just fun to collaborate.
Author Information
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