Re: [ansible-project] installing windows updates on windows hosts

[Tony Wong]

nice thank you.

Do I need to specify the win_reboot module?

here is my playbook


---
- name: Install all critical and security updates
  hosts: all
  tasks:
- name: Install windows updates
  win_updates:
category_names:
- CriticalUpdates
- SecurityUpdates
server_selection: windows_update
state: downloaded
log_path: c:\ansible_wu.txt
register: update_result
reboot: yes
reboot_timeout: 60


also noticed that when installing windows update there is no progress bar 
or cant see the progress. is there a way to get that from ansible?

On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 1:52:10 PM UTC-7, Jordan Borean wrote:
>
> TASK [Reboot host if required] 
>> **
>> fatal: [10.50.1.231]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Invalid 
>> options for win_reboot: when"}
>>
>
> I can't see you task but this sounds like your when clause is not indented 
> correctly. You have it as a module option for win_reboot when it should be 
> on the same indentation as the module name.
>
>> Just found out when I run windows update manually on the machine, there 
>> were 3 updates that ansible didnt report back?
>>
>
> From your screenshot it indicated those updates are only available through 
> the public Windows Update catalogue and not your org's WSUS catalog. The 
> win_updates module defaults to whatever the OS settings are so if you have 
> a WSUS server configured it will only look there by default. In Ansible 2.8 
> and newer you can use the 'server_selection' option as documented [1] to 
> force win_updates to check the public Windows update catalog and not the 
> configured WSUS server.
>
> [1] - 
> https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_updates_module.html
>

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Re: [ansible-project] installing windows updates on windows hosts

[Jordan Borean]

>
> TASK [Reboot host if required] 
> **
> fatal: [10.50.1.231]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Invalid 
> options for win_reboot: when"}
>

I can't see you task but this sounds like your when clause is not indented 
correctly. You have it as a module option for win_reboot when it should be 
on the same indentation as the module name.

> Just found out when I run windows update manually on the machine, there 
> were 3 updates that ansible didnt report back?
>

>From your screenshot it indicated those updates are only available through 
the public Windows Update catalogue and not your org's WSUS catalog. The 
win_updates module defaults to whatever the OS settings are so if you have 
a WSUS server configured it will only look there by default. In Ansible 2.8 
and newer you can use the 'server_selection' option as documented [1] to 
force win_updates to check the public Windows update catalog and not the 
configured WSUS server.

[1] - 
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_updates_module.html

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Re: [ansible-project] installing windows updates on windows hosts

[Tony Wong]

Just found out when I run windows update manually on the machine, there
were 3 updates that ansible didnt report back?

why is that



On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 9:49 AM Tony Wong  wrote:

> I am not sure what it should be
>
> I logged everything to a file and doesnt look like any updates but still
> getting this error
>
>
> TASK [Reboot host if required]
> **
> fatal: [10.50.1.231]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Invalid
> options for win_reboot: when"}
>
>
>
> log on my win host:
>
>
> 2020-05-14 09:47:08Z WUA is available in current logon process, running
> natively
> 2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Creating Windows Update session...
> 2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Create Windows Update searcher...
> 2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Setting the Windows Update Agent source catalog...
> 2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Requested search source is 'default'
> 2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Search source set to 'default' (ServerSelection = 0)
> 2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Searching for updates to install
> 2020-05-14 09:47:11Z Found 0 updates
> 2020-05-14 09:47:11Z Creating update collection...
> 2020-05-14 09:47:11Z Calculating pre-install reboot requirement...
> 2020-05-14 09:47:11Z Native job completed with output:
> Name   Value
>
>
>
>    -
>
>
>
> updates{}
>
>
>
> found_update_count 0
>
>
>
> changedFalse
>
>
>
> reboot_requiredFalse
>
>
>
> installed_update_count 0
>
>
>
> filtered_updates   {}
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 4:05 PM David Foley  wrote:
>
>> Again you seem to be missing vaules
>>
>>
>> reboot: yes
>> When: """
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Re: [ansible-project] installing windows updates on windows hosts

[Tony Wong]

I am not sure what it should be

I logged everything to a file and doesnt look like any updates but still
getting this error


TASK [Reboot host if required]
**
fatal: [10.50.1.231]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Invalid options
for win_reboot: when"}



log on my win host:


2020-05-14 09:47:08Z WUA is available in current logon process, running
natively
2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Creating Windows Update session...
2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Create Windows Update searcher...
2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Setting the Windows Update Agent source catalog...
2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Requested search source is 'default'
2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Search source set to 'default' (ServerSelection = 0)
2020-05-14 09:47:08Z Searching for updates to install
2020-05-14 09:47:11Z Found 0 updates
2020-05-14 09:47:11Z Creating update collection...
2020-05-14 09:47:11Z Calculating pre-install reboot requirement...
2020-05-14 09:47:11Z Native job completed with output:
Name   Value



   -



updates{}



found_update_count 0



changedFalse



reboot_requiredFalse



installed_update_count 0



filtered_updates   {}







On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 4:05 PM David Foley  wrote:

> Again you seem to be missing vaules
>
>
> reboot: yes
> When: """
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Re: [ansible-project] installing windows updates on windows hosts

[David Foley]

Again you seem to be missing vaules 


reboot: yes
When: """ 

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Re: [ansible-project] installing windows updates on windows hosts

[David Foley]

Also appears you are missing the Tasks: element in your playbook

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Re: [ansible-project] installing windows updates on windows hosts

[harry devine]

Your “hosts” line needs to be before the - name line.

Harry

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 6:37 PM Tony Wong  wrote:

> ---
> - name: Install all critical and security updates
>   hosts: all
>   win_updates:
> category_names:
> - CriticalUpdates
> - SecurityUpdates
> state: installed
>   register: update_result
>
> - name: Reboot host if required
>   win_reboot:
>   when: update_result.reboot_required
>
>
>
>
> but getting this
>
>
> ERROR! 'win_updates' is not a valid attribute for a Play
>
> The error appears to be in
> '/home/tony/windows/install_windows_updates.yml': line 2, column 3, but may
> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>
> The offending line appears to be:
>
> ---
> - name: Install all critical and security updates
>   ^ here
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[ansible-project] installing windows updates on windows hosts

[Tony Wong]

---
- name: Install all critical and security updates
  hosts: all
  win_updates:
category_names:
- CriticalUpdates
- SecurityUpdates
state: installed
  register: update_result

- name: Reboot host if required
  win_reboot:
  when: update_result.reboot_required




but getting this


ERROR! 'win_updates' is not a valid attribute for a Play

The error appears to be in 
'/home/tony/windows/install_windows_updates.yml': line 2, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

---
- name: Install all critical and security updates
  ^ here

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