Ansible Update MOTD Role

An Ansible role for managing the dynamic MOTD scripts on Debian 9, 10, 11 and Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 and 20.04.

• Example Usage
• Default Variables
• MOTD Scripts

Source available on GitHub

Example Usage

The following example disables MOTD scripts by removing their execute bit.

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - gibbs.update_motd
  vars:
    update_motd_disable_scripts:
      - 88-esm-announce
      - 91-release-upgrade
      - 91-contract-ua-esm-status

Default Variables

# When true the /etc/motd will be removed if it exists
update_motd_remove_motd_directory: false

# Manage the MOTD package and service (Ubuntu only)
update_motd_package_name: "update-motd"
update_motd_package_state: present
update_motd_service_state: start
update_motd_service_enabled: true

# The Ubuntu Landscape package state (Ubuntu only)
update_motd_landscape_state: present

# Disable the "motd" service if it exists
update_motd_disable_motd_service: true

# An array of scripts in /etc/update-motd.d/ to disable
update_motd_disable_scripts:
  - 98-cloudguest

MOTD scripts

A list of dynamic MOTD scripts usually shipped with Debian and Ubuntu: