Security Automation with Ansible 2

Windows security updates playbook

The following playbook is a simple reference from the Ansible documentation at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/windows_usage.html#installing-updates:

- name: Windows Security Updates  hosts: winblows  tasks:    - name: install all critical and security updates      win_updates:        category_names:        - CriticalUpdates        - SecurityUpdates        state: installed      register: update_result    - name: reboot host if required      win_reboot:      when: update_result.reboot_required

Windows updates playbook in action

The preceding playbook will perform an automated Windows security updates of critical severity and restart the computer if required ...