- name: "Configure apt: pin down SystemD packages" become: true copy: src: etc dest: / owner: root group: root directory_mode: '0755' mode: '0644' force: no - name: Install SysV init become: true apt: autoclean: yes autoremove: yes cache_valid_time: 3600 install_recommends: no name: ['sysvinit-core', 'sysvinit-utils'] state: latest update_cache: yes - name: Configure SysV init become: true copy: src: /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab remote_src: true dest: /etc/inittab owner: root group: root mode: '0644' force: no - name: Purge SystemD import_tasks: remove-systemd.yml - block: - name: Reboot if SystemD is still active become: true reboot: - name: Purge SystemD after reboot import_tasks: remove-systemd.yml when: "'rc' in purged and purged.rc != 0"