Ansible playbook to upgrade packages on Ubuntu/Debian distributions and reboot the server if needed

dist-upgrade.yml

---
- hosts: all
  become: true
  tasks:
    - name: Update apt repo and cache
      apt:
        update_cache: yes
        force_apt_get: yes
        cache_valid_time: 3600
    - name: Upgrade all packages
      apt:
        upgrade: dist
        force_apt_get: yes
    - name: Check if a reboot is needed
      register: reboot_required_file
      stat: path=/var/run/reboot-required get_md5=no
    - name: Reboot the server if needed
      reboot:
        msg: "Reboot initiated by Ansible"
        connect_timeout: 5
        reboot_timeout: 300
        pre_reboot_delay: 0
        post_reboot_delay: 30
        test_command: uptime
      when: reboot_required_file.stat.exists