win_hotfix – Install and uninstalls Windows hotfixes

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

• Install, uninstall a Windows hotfix.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
hotfix_identifier -		The name of the hotfix as shown in DISM, see examples for details. This or hotfix_kb MUST be set when state=absent. If state=present then the hotfix at source will be validated against this value, if it does not match an error will occur. You can get the identifier by running 'Get-WindowsPackage -Online -PackagePath path-to-cab-in-msu' after expanding the msu file.
hotfix_kb -		The name of the KB the hotfix relates to, see examples for details. This of hotfix_identifier MUST be set when state=absent. If state=present then the hotfix at source will be validated against this value, if it does not match an error will occur. Because DISM uses the identifier as a key and doesn't refer to a KB in all cases it is recommended to use hotfix_identifier instead.
source path		The path to the downloaded hotfix .msu file. This MUST be set if state=present and MUST be a .msu hotfix file.
state -	Choices: absent present ←	Whether to install or uninstall the hotfix. When present, source MUST be set. When absent, hotfix_identifier or hotfix_kb MUST be set.

Notes

Note

• This must be run on a host that has the DISM powershell module installed and a Powershell version >= 4.
• This module is installed by default on Windows 8 and Server 2012 and newer.
• You can manually install this module on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 by installing the Windows ADK https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-assessment-deployment-kit, see examples to see how to do it with chocolatey.
• You can download hotfixes from https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx.

Examples

- name: install Windows ADK with DISM for Server 2008 R2
  win_chocolatey:
    name: windows-adk
    version: 8.100.26866.0
    state: present
    install_args: /features OptionId.DeploymentTools

- name: install hotfix without validating the KB and Identifier
  win_hotfix:
    source: C:\temp\windows8.1-kb3172729-x64_e8003822a7ef4705cbb65623b72fd3cec73fe222.msu
    state: present
  register: hotfix_install

- win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_install.reboot_required

- name: install hotfix validating KB
  win_hotfix:
    hotfix_kb: KB3172729
    source: C:\temp\windows8.1-kb3172729-x64_e8003822a7ef4705cbb65623b72fd3cec73fe222.msu
    state: present
  register: hotfix_install

- win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_install.reboot_required

- name: install hotfix validating Identifier
  win_hotfix:
    hotfix_identifier: Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0
    source: C:\temp\windows8.1-kb3172729-x64_e8003822a7ef4705cbb65623b72fd3cec73fe222.msu
    state: present
  register: hotfix_install

- win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_install.reboot_required

- name: uninstall hotfix with Identifier
  win_hotfix:
    hotfix_identifier: Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0
    state: absent
  register: hotfix_uninstall

- win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_uninstall.reboot_required

- name: uninstall hotfix with KB (not recommended)
  win_hotfix:
    hotfix_kb: KB3172729
    state: absent
  register: hotfix_uninstall

- win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_uninstall.reboot_required

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
identifier string	success	The DISM identifier for the hotfix. Sample: Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0
kb string	success	The KB the hotfix relates to. Sample: KB3172729
reboot_required string	success	Whether a reboot is required for the install or uninstall to finalise. Sample: True

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Jordan Borean (@jborean93)

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