update-all-the-things.yml

---
- hosts: all
  become: true
  become_user: "root"
  become_method: sudo
  tasks:
  - name: Enable epel
    shell:
      cmd: '/usr/bin/amazon-linux-extras enable epel'
  - name: Install epel
    yum: 
      pkg: epel-release
      state: present
  - name: Run a yum update -y
    yum:
      name: '*'
      state: latest
  - name: Install monitoring/admin packages
    yum: 
      name:
        - htop
        - telnet
        - vim
        - tcpdump
        - screen
        - vnstat
        - bind-utils
        - mtr
        - git
      state: present
  - name: Install common build/devel packages
    yum:
      name:
        - kernel-headers 
        - gcc 
        - gcc-c++ 
        - cpp 
        - ncurses 
        - ncurses-devel 
        - libxml2 
        - libxml2-devel 
        - sqlite 
        - sqlite-devel 
        - openssl-devel 
        - newt-devel 
        - kernel-devel
        - libuuid-devel 
        - net-snmp-devel
        - bzip2
        #- jansson-devel
        - make
        - patch
        - libedit-devel
        - lua
        - lua-devel
        - unzip
        - mariadb-devel
        - mariadb-libs
        - readline
        - readline-devel
      state: present