Deploy Linux Security Updates using Ansible¶

Use the following steps to deploy Linux security updates using Ansible. Note that this can possibly restart the target host if required.

Login to an Ansible Control Node¶

Login to an Ansible control node and set the following to prep the playbook execution.

cd /ansible/dev/ansible
source /opt/python_3.12/bin/activate
INV=<set this to the inventory of target nodes to update>

Deploy¶

Execute the following to deploy Linux security updates.

ansible-playbook -i $INV -k playbooks/linux/deploy_updates.yml