community.general.syspatch module – Manage OpenBSD system patches
Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 9.4.0).
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.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.syspatch
.
Synopsis
Manage OpenBSD system patches using syspatch.
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Revert system patches. Choices:
|
Attributes
Attribute |
Support |
Description |
---|---|---|
Support: full |
Can run in |
|
Support: none |
Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Examples
- name: Apply all available system patches
community.general.syspatch:
- 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:
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 |
Description |
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The command return code (0 means success) Returned: always |
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Whether or not a reboot is required after an update. Returned: always Sample: |
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syspatch standard error. Returned: always Sample: |
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syspatch standard output. Returned: always Sample: |