Ansible playbook to upgrade a Windows client

1-upgrade.yml

# Copyright (c) 2019 Marco Marinello <me@marcomarinello.it>
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# This playbook is intended to update a MS workstation

---
- name: Update a Windows client
  hosts: all
  tasks:

  - name: Search for updates
    win_updates:
      state: searched
    register: search

  - name: Tell searched categories
    debug: var=search

  - name: Define upgrades to be installed
    set_fact:
      up_cats: "{{ search.filtered_updates.values() | map(attribute='categories') | list }}"

  - name: Say what we're installing
    debug: var=up_cats[0]

  - name: Run Windows Update
    win_updates:
      category_names: "{{ up_cats[0] }}"
      reboot: yes
    register: up

  - name: Tell how many udates were installed
    debug: var=up

  - block:
    - name: "Create log directory"
      file:
        path: "winlog"
        state: directory
      changed_when: false

    - name: "Write changes to logfile"
      copy:
        content: "{{ up }}"
        dest: "winlog/dist-upgrade_{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}.log"
      changed_when: false

    when: updated is defined
    connection: local

hosts

[win]
192.168.10.1

[win:vars]
ansible_shell_type = powershell
ansible_connection = ssh
ansible_user = ansibleadmin