--- - hosts: all gather_facts: yes become: yes tasks: - name: Perform a dist-upgrade. ansible.builtin.apt: upgrade: dist update_cache: yes - name: Check if a reboot is required. ansible.builtin.stat: path: /var/run/reboot-required get_md5: no register: reboot_required_file - name: Reboot the server (if required). ansible.builtin.reboot: when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists == true - name: Remove dependencies that are no longer required. ansible.builtin.apt: autoremove: yes