Patching

Automating RHEL Server Updates with Ansible

July 5, 2025

Infrastructure, DevOps

Ansible, Rhel, Updates, Patching, Automation, Dnf, Devops, Maintenance, Homelab

Automating RHEL Server Updates with Ansible #

Introduction #

I hate updating my servers manually so I’ve set up this playbook to run updates. This was probably the first playbook I ever wrote for my home lab, and it’s been running automatically for years now on a weekly schedule every Friday night through AAP (Ansible Automation Platform).

This guide shows you how to automate RHEL (and other yum/dnf based distros like Fedora, CentOS etc.) server updates using Ansible, including proper reboot handling.