Update apt caches every hour to pull the latest package

README.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Role Variables
 - `datadog_process_checks` - Array of process checks and options (DEPRECATED: use `process` under
 `datadog_checks` instead)
 - `datadog_apt_repo` - Override default Datadog `apt` repository
+- `datadog_apt_cache_valid_time` - Override the default apt cache expiration time (default 1 hour)
 - `datadog_apt_key_url` - Override default url to Datadog `apt` key
 - `datadog_apt_key_url_new` - Override default url to the new Datadog `apt` key (in the near future the `apt` repo will have to be checked against this new key instead of the current key)
 - `datadog_agent_allow_downgrade` - Set to `yes` to allow agent downgrades on apt-based platforms (use with caution, see `defaults/main.yml` for details)

defaults/main.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ datadog_group: root
 
 # default apt repo
 datadog_apt_repo: "deb http://apt.datadoghq.com/ stable main"
+datadog_apt_cache_valid_time: 3600
 
 # default yum repo and keys
 datadog_yum_repo: "https://yum.datadoghq.com/rpm/{{ ansible_userspace_architecture }}/"

tasks/pkg-debian.yml

@@ -35,10 +35,14 @@
     name: datadog-agent={{ datadog_agent_version }}
     state: present
     force: "{{ datadog_agent_allow_downgrade }}"
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: "{{ datadog_apt_cache_valid_time }}"
   when: datadog_agent_version != ""
 
 - name: Ensure Datadog agent is installed
   apt:
     name: datadog-agent
     state: latest
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: "{{ datadog_apt_cache_valid_time }}"
   when: datadog_agent_version == ""