https://blog.nousiainen.xyz/tags/patching/ Recent content in Patching on Panic! At The Terminal Hugo en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:03:07 +0300 https://blog.nousiainen.xyz/docs/rhel-server-updates-ansible/ Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0300 https://blog.nousiainen.xyz/docs/rhel-server-updates-ansible/ <h1 id="automating-rhel-server-updates-with-ansible"> Automating RHEL Server Updates with Ansible <a class="anchor" href="#automating-rhel-server-updates-with-ansible">#</a> </h1> <h2 id="introduction"> Introduction <a class="anchor" href="#introduction">#</a> </h2> <p>I hate updating my servers manually so I&rsquo;ve set up this playbook to run updates. This was probably the first playbook I ever wrote for my home lab, and it&rsquo;s been running automatically for years now on a weekly schedule every Friday night through AAP (Ansible Automation Platform).</p> <p>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.</p>