update_hosts.yml with motd, login page and rsyslog config

ansible-5/roles/common/tasks/apply_updates.yml

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+---
+# update packages to latest
+
+- name: run apt updates
+  apt:
+    upgrade: dist
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: 3600
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
+
+- name: check for reboot required
+  stat:
+    path: /var/run/reboot-required
+  register: reboot_required
+
+- name: reboot after updates
+  reboot:
+  when: reboot_required.stat.exists