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Reputation: 429

Ansible: How can I update the system CentOS with Ansible

I am trying to update the CentOS systems with ansible. Unfortunately I am not able to do that.

I already tried:

- name: install updates
  yum: update_cache=yes
  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat

Isn't working.

- name: install updates
  yum: name=* state=latest
  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat

The last task works but is it true, that the task updates the system?

Upvotes: 42

Views: 107962

Answers (1)

Pedro Salgado
Pedro Salgado

Reputation: 846

The first task you're telling the system to only update the yum cache.

On the second you are effectively upgrading all packages to the latest version by using state=latest but you should also use update_cache=yes on the same task to be sure you're refreshing the cache with its latest package information.

The yum module documentation provides exactly this example:

- name: upgrade all packages
  yum: name=* state=latest

After the execution of the task, the terminal should display a message in yellow meaning the status of the task is changed.

Upvotes: 65

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