automatic update of netbird client linux windows from script and ansible

[bohemtucsok]

I created a script that downloads the latest version of the netbird client from github

latest_url="https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/releases/latest"
release_tag=$(curl -sIL $latest_url | grep -i 'location' | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}' | tr -d '\r')
release_tag_without_v=${release_tag#v} # Remove the "v" prefix from the tag
package_extension="netbird_${release_tag_without_v}_linux_amd64.deb"

download_url="https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/releases/download/$release_tag/$package_extension"
temp_dir="/tmp"

if [ -n "$download_url" ]; then
    # Download
    wget -P $temp_dir $download_url

    # Installation
    sudo dpkg -i $temp_dir/$package_extension
    sudo apt-get install -f

    # Cleanup
    rm $temp_dir/$package_extension

    echo "The latest package has been downloaded, installed, and removed: $package_extension"
else
    echo "No suitable package found for the request."
fi

package_extension=enter the package to be downloaded here, you need it

if you want to run it in ansible

---
- name: Netbird clinet download and install
  hosts:
    - your_hosts
  become: yes

  tasks:
    - name: Download and Install
      shell: |
        latest_url="https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/releases/latest"
        release_tag=$(curl -sIL $latest_url | grep -i 'location' | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}' | tr -d '\r')
        release_tag_without_v=${release_tag#v}
        package_extension="netbird_${release_tag_without_v}_linux_amd64.deb"
        download_url="https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/releases/download/$release_tag/$package_extension"
        temp_dir="/tmp"
        wget -P $temp_dir $download_url
        sudo dpkg -i $temp_dir/$package_extension
        sudo apt-get install -f
        rm $temp_dir/$package_extension
      register: result

here you just have to pay attention to the package_extension part

If someone updates to Windows, I wrote a powershell script

$latest_url = "https://api.github.com/repos/netbirdio/netbird/releases/latest"
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $latest_url
$release_tag = $response.tag_name
$release_tag_without_v = $release_tag -replace "^v"
$packageExtension = "netbird_installer_${release_tag_without_v}_windows_amd64.msi"
$downloadDirectory = "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp"
$download_path = Join-Path -Path $downloadDirectory -ChildPath $packageExtension

$download_url = "https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/releases/download/$release_tag/$packageExtension"

if ($download_url) {
    # Download
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $download_url -OutFile $download_path
    Write-Host "Latest package downloaded: $download_path"

    # Installation
    Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec" -ArgumentList "/i $download_path /qn" -Wait
    Write-Host "Package installation successful."

    # Delete the file
    Remove-Item -Path $download_path -Force
    Write-Host "Downloaded file deleted."
} else {
    Write-Host "No suitable package found as per the request."
}

and if you would update the clients from Ansible

---
- name: Copy and run PowerShell
  hosts: your_hosts
  tasks:
    - name: Copy the PowerShell script to the target machine
      win_copy:
        src: /YOUR_PS1_LOCATIONS/netbird_install_windows.ps1  # Path to the PowerShell script to be copied on the local machine
        dest: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\script.ps1  # Destination path on the target machine
      register: copy_result

    - name: Execute the PowerShell script
      win_shell: |
        powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\script.ps1
      when: copy_result.changed  # Execute only if the script was copied

    - name: Remove the script from the target machine
      win_file:
        path: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\script.ps1
        state: absent
      when: copy_result.changed  # Remove only if the script was copied

I hope this makes it a little easier to keep clients fresh :)