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Ansible playbook to run Windows Update and restart, if required
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win_update.yml
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# Ansible playbook to run Windows Update and restart, if required
#
# http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/win_updates_module.html
# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/win_reboot_module.html
- name: Windows Update
hosts: all
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Running Windows Update
win_updates:
category_names: ['SecurityUpdates','CriticalUpdates','UpdateRollups', 'Updates', 'DefinitionUpdates']
register: result
# output results
- debug: var=result
# reboot only if required
- win_reboot:
when: result.reboot_required
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coom commented Jul 11, 2018

You can also use :

- name:  Windows Update
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: false
  tasks:
    - name: Running Windows Update
      win_updates:
        category_names: ['SecurityUpdates','CriticalUpdates','UpdateRollups', 'Updates', 'DefinitionUpdates']
        reboot: yes

;)

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