community.general.syspatch – Manage OpenBSD system patches

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.0.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.syspatch.

Synopsis
Parameters
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Manage OpenBSD system patches using syspatch.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
apply boolean	no yes ←	Apply all available system patches. By default, apply all patches. Deprecated. Will be removed in community.general 3.0.0.
revert string	all one	Revert system patches.

Examples

- name: Apply all available system patches
  community.general.syspatch:
    apply: true

- 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:
    apply: true
  register: syspatch

- name: Reboot if patch requires it
  ansible.builtin.reboot:
  when: syspatch.reboot_needed

Return Values

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

Authors

Andrew Klaus (@precurse)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/general/syspatch_module.html