# # simple playbook to check all hosts and see how many updates they have pending. # It could be a lot faster if we didn't gather facts, but we need that for yum vs dnf checking # # If you want a pretty sorted list, you need to post process the output here with something # like: # # time ansible-playbook check-for-updates.yml | grep msg\": | awk -F: '{print $2}' | sort # - name: check for updates hosts: distro_RedHat:distro_CentOS:!ocp*:!worker* gather_facts: false tasks: - name: check for updates (yum) yum: list=updates update_cache=true register: yumoutput - debug: msg="{{ inventory_hostname}} {{ yumoutput.results|length }}" when: yumoutput.results|length > 0 - name: check for updates hosts: distro_Fedora:!ocp*:!worker* gather_facts: false tasks: # # We use the command module here because the real module can't expire # - name: make dnf recheck for new metadata from repos command: dnf clean expire-cache - name: check for updates (dnf) dnf: list=updates register: dnfoutput - debug: msg="{{ inventory_hostname}} {{ dnfoutput.results|length }}" when: dnfoutput.results|length > 0