An Ansible playbook for upgrading VMware Photon OS 2.x to 3.x

upgrade-photon.yml

---
- hosts: photon
  remote_user: root
  tasks:
    - name: pip prerequisite
      command: bash -c "tdnf -y install python-pip"

    - name: python prerequisites
      command: bash -c "pip install -I pexpect"

    - name: install upgrade script for photon
      command: bash -c "tdnf -y install photon-upgrade"

    - name: upgrade photon OS from v 2 to v 3
      expect:
        command: /usr/bin/photon-upgrade.sh
        responses:
          (?i)\(y\/n\)\?: y
      register: upgraded_result

    - name: wait for reboot
      wait_for_connection:
        connect_timeout: 30
        sleep: 10
        delay: 5
        timeout: 300
      when: upgraded_result is changed

    - name: update tdnf
      command: bash -c "tdnf updateinfo && tdnf upgrade -y "
      when: upgraded_result is changed