From c22e580d3d146391884acc34fcf45b3b4a68b647 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jakub <jakub@zacekj.cz>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:01:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add tagged Portainer update role

---
 roles/update_portainer/defaults/main.yml |  4 ++
 roles/update_portainer/tasks/main.yml    | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 update.yml                               | 12 ++++-
 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 roles/update_portainer/defaults/main.yml
 create mode 100644 roles/update_portainer/tasks/main.yml

diff --git a/roles/update_portainer/defaults/main.yml b/roles/update_portainer/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e132cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update_portainer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+# Watchtower is used only as a one-shot updater. It recreates the selected
+# Portainer containers with their existing configuration and then removes itself.
+portainer_watchtower_image: containrrr/watchtower:latest
diff --git a/roles/update_portainer/tasks/main.yml b/roles/update_portainer/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af01678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/update_portainer/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+---
+- name: Check whether Docker is available
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv:
+      - docker
+      - info
+  register: portainer_docker_info
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+
+- name: Find Docker containers
+  when: portainer_docker_info.rc == 0
+  block:
+    - name: List all container IDs
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - docker
+          - container
+          - ls
+          - --all
+          - --quiet
+      register: portainer_all_containers
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Inspect container images
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - docker
+          - container
+          - inspect
+          - --format
+          - "{% raw %}{{.Config.Image}}{% endraw %}"
+          - "{{ item }}"
+      loop: "{{ portainer_all_containers.stdout_lines }}"
+      register: portainer_container_inspections
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Select Portainer CE and Business Edition server containers
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        portainer_container_ids: >-
+          {{ portainer_container_inspections.results
+             | selectattr('stdout', 'match',
+                 '^(?:[^/]+/)?portainer/(?:portainer|portainer-(?:ce|ee))(?::|@|$)')
+             | map(attribute='item')
+             | list }}
+
+    - name: Update discovered Portainer containers
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv: >-
+          {{ ['docker', 'run', '--rm', '--pull', 'always',
+              '--volume', '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock',
+              portainer_watchtower_image, '--run-once', '--cleanup',
+              '--include-stopped']
+             + portainer_container_ids }}
+      register: portainer_watchtower
+      changed_when: >-
+        (portainer_watchtower.stdout ~ portainer_watchtower.stderr)
+        is regex('Updated=[1-9][0-9]*')
+      when:
+        - portainer_container_ids | length > 0
+        - not ansible_check_mode
+
+    - name: Report when no Portainer server is installed
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: No Portainer CE or Business Edition server container found; skipping.
+      when: portainer_container_ids | length == 0
diff --git a/update.yml b/update.yml
index 3a336d6..20932f3 100644
--- a/update.yml
+++ b/update.yml
@@ -88,4 +88,14 @@
     - name: Notify if reboot required
       debug:
         msg: "Reboot required on {{ inventory_hostname }}"
-      when: reboot_required.stat.exists
\ No newline at end of file
+      when: reboot_required.stat.exists
+
+    - name: Update Portainer containers
+      ansible.builtin.include_role:
+        name: update_portainer
+        apply:
+          tags:
+            - portainer
+      tags:
+        - never
+        - portainer