--- - name: Update ubuserver hosts: ubuserver become: true tasks: # Update and install the base software - name: Update and upgrade ansible.builtin.apt: autoclean: yes update_cache: yes cache_valid_time: 3600 upgrade: dist - name: Remove dependencies that are no longer required and purge their configuration files ansible.builtin.apt: autoremove: yes purge: true - command: apt clean #become: yes - name: Check if a reboot is needed for Debian and Ubuntu boxes register: reboot_required_file stat: path=/var/run/reboot-required get_md5=no - name: Reboot the box if kernel updated reboot: msg: "Reboot initiated by Ansible for kernel updates" connect_timeout: 5 reboot_timeout: 300 pre_reboot_delay: 0 post_reboot_delay: 30 test_command: uptime when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists