--- - name: Update and upgrade apt packages become: true apt: upgrade: yes update_cache: yes cache_valid_time: 86400 - name: Check to see if reboot is needed register: reboot_required_file stat: path=/var/run/reboot-required get_checksum=false - name: Reboot the server become: true reboot: msg: "Reboot initiated by Ansible due to 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