I am trying to list the security related updates only, using Ansible's yum module, as follow:
- name: check for updates yum
yum:
list: updates
update_cache: true
security: yes
bugfix: no
register: yumoutput
I am always receiving all the available updates, even when I change the security option to false security: no.
I am not sure maybe these options are only available for installing not listing.
Any recommendation?
I've setup a test on CentOS/RHEL 7.9, Ansible 2.9.25, Python version = 2.7.5.
---
- hosts: test
become: no
gather_facts: no
tasks:
- name: Gather available security updates
yum:
list: updates
update_cache: yes
security: yes
bugfix: no
register: result
- name: Show result
debug:
msg: "{{ result }}"
- name: Gather available security updates
shell:
cmd: yum updateinfo list security
warn: false
register: result
changed_when: false
failed_when: result.rc != 0
- name: Show result
debug:
msg: "{{ result.stdout }}"
Resulting into an output of
TASK [Gather available security updates] ******
ok: [test.example.com]
TASK [Show result] ******
ok: [test.example.com] =>
msg:
changed: false
failed: false
results:
- arch: x86_64
envra: 0:golang-bin-1.16.13-2.el7.x86_64
epoch: '0'
name: golang-bin
release: 2.el7
repo: EPEL-7
version: 1.16.13
yumstate: available
- arch: noarch
envra: 0:golang-src-1.16.13-2.el7.noarch
epoch: '0'
name: golang-src
release: 2.el7
repo: EPEL-7
version: 1.16.13
yumstate: available
- arch: x86_64
envra: 0:golang-1.16.13-2.el7.x86_64
epoch: '0'
name: golang
release: 2.el7
repo: EPEL-7
version: 1.16.13
yumstate: available
- arch: x86_64
envra: 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.322.b06-1.el7_9.x86_64
epoch: '1'
name: java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless
release: 1.el7_9
repo: RHEL-7
version: 1.8.0.322.b06
yumstate: available
TASK [Gather available security update] ******
ok: [test.example.com]
TASK [Show result] ******
ok: [test.example.com] =>
msg: |-
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
FEDORA-EPEL-2022-246382d5dc Important/Sec. golang-1.16.13-2.el7.x86_64
FEDORA-EPEL-2022-246382d5dc Important/Sec. golang-bin-1.16.13-2.el7.x86_64
FEDORA-EPEL-2022-246382d5dc Important/Sec. golang-src-1.16.13-2.el7.noarch
RHSA-2022:0306 Moderate/Sec. java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless-1:1.8.0.322.b06-1.el7_9.x86_64
updateinfo list done
So both approaches were just working and delivered the same expected result.
Please take note that it might be necessary to have the yum-security-plugin installed.