VhdZdZdZy)a --- module: win_hotfix short_description: Install and uninstalls Windows hotfixes description: - Install, uninstall a Windows hotfix. version_added: 2.6.0 options: hotfix_identifier: description: - The name of the hotfix as shown in DISM, see examples for details. - This or C(hotfix_kb) MUST be set when C(state=absent). - If C(state=present) then the hotfix at C(source) will be validated against this value, if it does not match an error will occur. - You can get the identifier by running 'Get-WindowsPackage -Online -PackagePath path-to-cab-in-msu' after expanding the msu file. type: str hotfix_kb: description: - The name of the KB the hotfix relates to, see examples for details. - This or C(hotfix_identifier) MUST be set when C(state=absent). - If C(state=present) then the hotfix at C(source) will be validated against this value, if it does not match an error will occur. - Because DISM uses the identifier as a key and doesn't refer to a KB in all cases it is recommended to use C(hotfix_identifier) instead. type: str state: description: - Whether to install or uninstall the hotfix. - When C(present), C(source) MUST be set. - When C(absent), C(hotfix_identifier) or C(hotfix_kb) MUST be set. type: str default: present choices: [ absent, present ] source: description: - The path to the downloaded hotfix .msu file. - This MUST be set if C(state=present) and MUST be a .msu hotfix file. type: path notes: - This must be run on a host that has the DISM powershell module installed and a Powershell version >= 4. - This module is installed by default on Windows 8 and Server 2012 and newer. - You can manually install this module on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 by installing the Windows ADK U(https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-assessment-deployment-kit), see examples to see how to do it with chocolatey. - You can download hotfixes from U(https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx). seealso: - module: ansible.windows.win_package - module: ansible.windows.win_updates author: - Jordan Borean (@jborean93) a - name: Install Windows ADK with DISM for Server 2008 R2 chocolatey.chocolatey.win_chocolatey: name: windows-adk version: 8.100.26866.0 state: present install_args: /features OptionId.DeploymentTools - name: Install hotfix without validating the KB and Identifier ansible.windows.win_hotfix: source: C:\temp\windows8.1-kb3172729-x64_e8003822a7ef4705cbb65623b72fd3cec73fe222.msu state: present register: hotfix_install - ansible.windows.win_reboot: when: hotfix_install.reboot_required - name: Install hotfix validating KB ansible.windows.win_hotfix: hotfix_kb: KB3172729 source: C:\temp\windows8.1-kb3172729-x64_e8003822a7ef4705cbb65623b72fd3cec73fe222.msu state: present register: hotfix_install - ansible.windows.win_reboot: when: hotfix_install.reboot_required - name: Install hotfix validating Identifier ansible.windows.win_hotfix: hotfix_identifier: Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0 source: C:\temp\windows8.1-kb3172729-x64_e8003822a7ef4705cbb65623b72fd3cec73fe222.msu state: present register: hotfix_install - ansible.windows.win_reboot: when: hotfix_install.reboot_required - name: Uninstall hotfix with Identifier ansible.windows.win_hotfix: hotfix_identifier: Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0 state: absent register: hotfix_uninstall - ansible.windows.win_reboot: when: hotfix_uninstall.reboot_required - name: Uninstall hotfix with KB (not recommended) ansible.windows.win_hotfix: hotfix_kb: KB3172729 state: absent register: hotfix_uninstall - ansible.windows.win_reboot: when: hotfix_uninstall.reboot_required a identifier: description: The DISM identifier for the hotfix. returned: success type: str sample: Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0 identifiers: description: The DISM identifiers for each hotfix in the msu. returned: success type: list elements: str sample: - Package_for_KB3172729~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.3.1.0 kb: description: The KB the hotfix relates to. returned: success type: str sample: KB3172729 kbs: description: The KB for each hotfix in the msu, returned: success type: list elements: str sample: - KB3172729 reboot_required: description: Whether a reboot is required for the install or uninstall to finalise. returned: success type: str sample: true N) DOCUMENTATIONEXAMPLESRETURNn/home/dcms/DCMS/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/modules/win_hotfix.pyrs 6 p6 p r