Can we patch azure linux vm using ansible

Question

Is there any way to patch Azure Linux VM using ansible? Basically, we need to classify the 'critical' & 'security' patches and then patch the VM.

Comments

Hi,

Can you explain your requirement a little bit more? If you are trying to provision a VM in your oracle virtual box with Ansible, then it may not be possible. But you can do the same in the cloud.

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I had a Cent OS Vm in Azure and I need to patch it with Ansible.

Answer 1

Hi@avinash,

You can connect your Azure VM from Ansible. For that, you need to install the Azure SDK. After that you have to configure the credentials in your Ansible.

You can also go through the official document of Ansible.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/scenario_guides/guide_azure.html

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Thanks for the information shared .I am able to provision resources using above link but the challenge is about the patching .I havent find anything related to patch or update the azure vms?

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Hi@avinash,

Explain your use case a little more. Most of the modules are idempotent in nature in Ansible. If you update something, ansible will automatically connect to your VM and update the requirement in your VM as well.

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@Akhtar

We need to develop an automatic process with ansible.

This process will perform 2 actions:

1- automatically retrieve in a variable the list of critical and major patches to apply to VMs.

2- use this variable to start the upgrade on the VMs

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Hi@avinash,

Ansible is not working as a monitoring tool. It will perform your task if you run your ansible-playbook. You can also use the patch module in Ansible. For more information, you can go through the below link.

https://opensource.com/article/18/3/ansible-patch-systems