Ansible Role collect_rpmnew_rpmsave
Fetches rpmnew and rpmsave files from a remote host to the /tmp/lfops directory of the Ansible control node. Typically, you invoke the role like this:
for INV in {inventoy01,inventory02,inventory03}
do
ansible-playbook --inventory=$INV linuxfabrik.lfops.collect_rpmnew_rpmsave
done
The role starts by locating all files with the extensions *.rpmnew and *.rpmsave. It then extracts the corresponding package name and version for each identified file, and maps each file to its specific package information. Once the mapping is complete, it downloads both the *.rpmnew and *.rpmsave files, along with their original counterparts, to the control node for further processing and archiving.
The resulting files are organized by [distribution][distribution_major_version]__[rpm -qf filename]. Example:
lfops
├── CentOS7__coolwsd-24.04.4.1-1.x86_64
│ └── srv01
│ └── etc
│ └── coolwsd
│ ├── coolwsd.xml
│ └── coolwsd.xml.rpmnew
├── Rocky8__coolwsd-24.04.4.2-1.x86_64
│ ├── srv26
│ │ └── etc
│ │ └── coolwsd
│ │ ├── coolwsd.xml
│ │ └── coolwsd.xml.rpmnew
│ ├── srv06
│ │ └── etc
│ │ └── coolwsd
│ │ ├── coolwsd.xml
│ │ └── coolwsd.xml.rpmnew
│ └── srv74
│ └── etc
│ └── coolwsd
│ ├── coolwsd.xml
│ └── coolwsd.xml.rpmnew
└── Rocky8__systemd-239-82.el8.x86_64
└── srv74
└── etc
└── systemd
├── logind.conf
└── logind.conf.rpmnew
The resulting set of files can then be further analyzed, for example by hand or using the list-rpmnew-rpmsave tool. This methodical approach helps to maintain system updates efficiently.