community.windows.win_hotfix module – Install and uninstalls Windows hotfixes

Note

This module is part of the community.windows collection (version 1.12.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_hotfix.

Synopsis

• Install, uninstall a Windows hotfix.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
hotfix_identifier string	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 string	The name of the KB the hotfix relates to, see examples for details. This or 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 string	Whether to install or uninstall the hotfix. When present, source MUST be set. When absent, hotfix_identifier or hotfix_kb MUST be set. Choices: "absent" "present" ← (default)

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.

See Also

See also

ansible.windows.win_package

Installs/uninstalls an installable package.

ansible.windows.win_updates

Download and install Windows updates.

Examples

- name: Install Windows ADK with DISM for Server 2008 R2
  chocolatey.chocolatey.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
  community.windows.win_hotfix:
    source: C:\temp\windows8.1-kb3172729-x64_e8003822a7ef4705cbb65623b72fd3cec73fe222.msu
    state: present
  register: hotfix_install

- ansible.windows.win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_install.reboot_required

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

- ansible.windows.win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_install.reboot_required

- name: Install hotfix validating Identifier
  community.windows.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

- ansible.windows.win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_install.reboot_required

- name: Uninstall hotfix with Identifier
  community.windows.win_hotfix:
    hotfix_identifier: Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0
    state: absent
  register: hotfix_uninstall

- ansible.windows.win_reboot:
  when: hotfix_uninstall.reboot_required

- name: Uninstall hotfix with KB (not recommended)
  community.windows.win_hotfix:
    hotfix_kb: KB3172729
    state: absent
  register: hotfix_uninstall

- ansible.windows.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	Description
identifier string	The DISM identifier for the hotfix. Returned: success Sample: "Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0"
identifiers list / elements=string added in community.windows 1.10.0	The DISM identifiers for each hotfix in the msu. Returned: success Sample: ["Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0"]
kb string	The KB the hotfix relates to. Returned: success Sample: "KB3172729"
kbs list / elements=string added in community.windows 1.10.0	The KB for each hotfix in the msu, Returned: success Sample: ["KB3172729"]
reboot_required string	Whether a reboot is required for the install or uninstall to finalise. Returned: success Sample: "True"

Authors

• Jordan Borean (@jborean93)

Collection links

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