Perhaps not the "Ansible way", but you could install 'update-notifer-common' package and see if /var/run/reboot-required file is present - perhaps via nagios or cron + mail message.
http://serverfault.com/questions/92932/how-does-ubuntu-keep-track-of-the-system-restart-required-flag-in-motd https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/update-notifier-common Maciej 2014-08-03 0:40 GMT+02:00 Christian Schmitt <[email protected]>: > Currently i'm running a playbook against multiple servers, is there a way > to print something if a server needs a reboot after an apt-get upgrade? > i mean if the kernel gets upgraded i need to know which of them needs an > restart. > > is there a possible way that ansible could report such thing > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/620390e6-824b-4ac5-bbe3-783e5e7b20d4%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/620390e6-824b-4ac5-bbe3-783e5e7b20d4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEnKK1z__DrKRdCgRtGGaxVuOsnbQHtdK0J6_2V5eX2v3xRUzA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
