Ansible Role: Autoupdate

This role installs autoupdate packages on Debian/Ubuntu Linux servers. It enables the system to perform updates automatically and on a regular schedule without user intervention.

Requirements

No special requirements needed.

Role Variables

Here are the available settings for this role, along with their default values (refer to defaults/main.yml):

autoupdate_enabled: "true"
autoupdate_autofix_interrupted_dpkg: "false"
autoupdate_minimal_steps: "true"
autoupdate_install_on_shutdown: "false"
autoupdate_mail: "root"
autoupdate_mail_only_on_error: "true"
autoupdate_remove_unused_dependencies: "false"
autoupdate_automatic_reboot: "false"
autoupdate_automatic_reboot_time: "02:00"
autoupdate_bandwidth_limit: "70"

autoupdate_periodic_enable: "1"
autoupdate_periodic_update_package_list: "1"
autoupdate_periodic_download_upgradeable_packages: "1"
autoupdate_periodic_unattended_upgrade: "1"
autoupdate_periodic_autoclean_interval: "7"

Dependencies

There are no dependencies.

Example Playbook

Here is an example of how to use this role in a playbook:

- hosts: server
  roles:
    - { role: tschifftner.autoupdate }

Supported Operating Systems

• Debian 9 (Stretch)
• Debian 8 (Jessie)
• Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)
• Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)

Required Ansible Version

You need Ansible version 2.5 or higher.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Author Information

• Tobias Schifftner, from ambimax® GmbH