# # 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 (EL) hosts: virt_host:&distro_RedHat gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Check for updates (yum) yum: list=updates update_cache=true register: yumoutput - debug: msg="{{ inventory_hostname}} {{ yumoutput.results|length }}" - name: Check for updates (Fedora) hosts: virt_host:&distro_Fedora gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Check for updates (dnf) dnf: list=updates register: dnfoutput - debug: msg="{{ inventory_hostname}} {{ dnfoutput.results|length }}" # # For some reason ansible detects aarch64/armv7 hosts as virt type "NA" # - name: Check for updates (aarch64/armv7) EL hosts: virt_NA:&distro_RedHat gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Check for updates (yum) yum: list=updates update_cache=true register: yumoutput - debug: msg="{{ inventory_hostname}} {{ yumoutput.results|length }}" - name: Check for updates (aarch64/armv7) Fedora hosts: virt_NA:&distro_Fedora gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Check for updates (dnf) dnf: list=updates register: dnfoutput - debug: msg="{{ inventory_hostname}} {{ dnfoutput.results|length }}"