update_motd

Ansible Role: Update MOTD

Description

Manage dynamic MOTD scripts on Ubuntu and Debian.

Installation

Ansible Galaxy

Install the role from Ansible Galaxy:

$ ansible-galaxy install gibbs.update_motd

Example

Playbook

Playbook example:

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - gibbs.update_motd

Disable MOTD Scripts

Disable MOTD scripts by passing a list of filenames to update_motd_disable_scripts. All other scripts under /etc/update-motd.d/ are enabled.

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - gibbs.update_motd
  vars:
    update_motd_disable_scripts:
      - 88-esm-announce
      - 91-release-upgrade
      - 91-contract-ua-esm-status

Adding Custom MOTD Scripts

This role will automatically enable any scripts under /etc/update-motd.d/ that are not explicitly disabled. How you add new scripts to hosts is entirely up to you:

- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: copy my motd script
      ansible.builtin.copy:
        src: files/my-script.sh
        dest: /etc/update-motd.d/50-my-script
      notify: "update dynamic motd"

Role Variables

All role variables that can be overriden are available in defaults/main.yml

Name	Default Value	Description
`update_motd_remove_motd_directory`	false	Whether to remove `/etc/motd` if it exists
`update_motd_package_name`	update-motd	The `update-motd` package name to manage (Ubuntu only)
`update_motd_package_state`	present	The `update-motd` package state (Ubuntu only)
`update_motd_service_state`	start	The `update-motd` service state (Ubuntu only)
`update_motd_service_enabled`	true	Whether the `update-motd` service should be enabled (Ubuntu only)
`update_motd_landscape_state`	present	The `landscape-common` package state (Ubuntu only)
`update_motd_disable_motd_service`	true	Whether to disable the motd service (if present)
`update_motd_disable_scripts`	98-cloudguest	A list of MOTD script filenames to disable

Default MOTD scripts

A list of default MOTD script names commonly used in Debian and Ubuntu.

Filename	Releases
`00-header`	Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20
`10-help-text`	Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20
`10-uname`	Debian 9, 10
`50-landscape-sysinfo`	Ubuntu 14, 18, 20
`50-motd-news`	Ubuntu 16, 18, 20
`85-fwupd`	Ubuntu 20
`88-esm-announce`	Ubuntu 16, 18, 20
`90-updates-available`	Ubuntu 14, 16, 18
`91-contract-ua-esm-status`	Ubuntu 16, 18, 20
`91-release-upgrade`	Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20
`92-unattended-upgrades`	Ubuntu 16, 18, 20
`95-hwe-eol`	Ubuntu 14, 18, 20
`97-overlayroot`	Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20
`98-cloudguest`	Ubuntu 14
`98-fsck-at-reboot`	Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20
`98-reboot-required`	Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20

Supported Systems

Debian 9 stretch
Debian 10 buster
Debian 11 bullseye
Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr
Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus
Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa

License

Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE.

About

Manage the dynamic MOTD on Ubuntu and Debian

role motd ubuntu updatemotd

Install

ansible-galaxy install Gibbs/ansible-role-update-motd

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License

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Owner

Dan Gibbs