Ansible Role: oracle-download-patches

Download patches from My Oracle Support directly to the server.

This role uses getMOSPatch.sh script, by Maris Elsins.

Supported OS:

• RedHat
• CentOS
• OracleLinux

Requirements

My Oracle Support credentials.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

# My Oracle Support Userid
oracle_download_patches_mos_user:

# My Oracle Support Password
oracle_download_patches_mos_pass:

# target directory path for the downloaded patches
oracle_download_patches_stage_directory: /tmp

# whether or not create 'oracle_download_patches_stage_directory' directory
oracle_download_patches_create_stage_directory: true

# list of patches to download
oracle_download_patches_list: []

# for example:
#oracle_download_patches_list:
#  - 28689165
#  - 6880880

# regular expression to filter the filename
# Typically this can be used if the same patch is available for multiple releases of software and you know which one you need.
#  I.e. '.121.' would be useful for Oracle Database 12c (R1)
oracle_download_patches_regexp:

# for example:
#oracle_download_patches_regexp: '.112.'

# List of platform codes used to select files to download
#   See `vars\oracle_download_patches_platform_map` variable for a complete list of supported platforms
oracle_download_patches_platforms:
  - "Linux x86-64"

#  - "Linux x86"
#  - "HP-UX PA-RISC (32-bit)"
#  - "HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit)"
#  - "IBM AIX on POWER Systems (32-bit)"
#  - "IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-bit)"

# getMOSPatch.sh destination directory
oracle_download_patches_getmospatch_directory: /tmp/getMOSPatch

# display getMOSPatch.sh output
oracle_download_patches_display_getmospatch_output: true

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- name: Download patches from My Oracle Support directly to the server
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  become: true
  become_user: '{{ oracle_user }}'

  vars_prompt:
    - name: oracle_download_patches_mos_user
      prompt: "Oracle Support Userid"
      private: no
    - name: oracle_download_patches_mos_pass
      prompt: "Oracle Support Password"
      private: yes

  tasks:

  - import_role:
      name: oracle
    tags:
      - always

  - import_role:
      name: oracle-download-patches
    vars:
      oracle_download_patches_stage_directory: /path/to/stage/directory/patches
      oracle_download_patches_list:
        - 28689165
    tags:
      - oracle_download_patches

  - import_role:
      name: oracle-download-patches
    vars:
      oracle_download_patches_stage_directory: /path/to/stage/directory/opatch
      oracle_download_patches_list:
        - 6880880
      oracle_download_patches_regexp: '.112.'  # download 11.2 opatch only
    tags:
      - oracle_download_patches
 

Inside vars/main.yml or group_vars/.. or host_vars/..:

#---------------------------------------------------
# overrides role 'oracle-download-patches' variables
#---------------------------------------------------

# target directory path for the downloaded patches
oracle_download_patches_stage_directory: /path/to/stage/directory/patches

# ... etc ...

License

GPLv3 - GNU General Public License v3.0

Author Information

This role was created in 2018 by Krzysztof Lewandowski.