Puppet Task: linux_update

Defined in:: tasks/linux_update.json,
tasks/linux_update.rb

Overview

A task for updating the Linux kernel to remediate Meltdown/Spectre

Parameters

force (Boolean) — If true, the linux kernel update is performed, otherwise the output of what would be updated is printed
reboot (Boolean) — If true, the system is rebooted after the update is performed, but only if force is also true