checks

Playbooks to test connectivity and gather a short status report for all hosts in your inventory.

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Playbooks

ping.yml

Runs the Ansible ping module on all hosts to verify SSH (or other connection) and Python availability. No facts are gathered.

Use case: Quick check that every host in the inventory is reachable.

Run:

ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini checks/ping.yml

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status.yml

Gathers a system status summary for all hosts:

• Hostname and IPv4 addresses
• Uptime
• Package manager (apt, dnf/yum, or pacman)
• Pending updates (list of upgradable packages, or “Keine Updates verfügbar” if none)

Uses gather_facts: yes and become: yes so it can run package-manager checks.

Run:

ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini checks/status.yml -K

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Requirements

• A working inventory (e.g. inventory.ini) with hosts you can reach.
• SSH (or configured connection) and Python on each host for the ping module.
• Sufficient privileges for status.yml (sudo) to run uptime and package-manager commands.