Add ansible tasks to stop zypper

ansible/playbooks/fully-patch-system.yaml

@@ -7,6 +7,46 @@
     use_reboottimeout: 600
 
   tasks:
+    - name: Check if Zypper lock file exists
+      stat:
+        path: /var/run/zypp.pid
+      register: lockfile_check
+      become: yes
+
+    - name: Get PID from Zypper lock file
+      slurp:
+        src: /var/run/zypp.pid
+      register: pid_content
+      become: yes
+      when: lockfile_check.stat.exists and lockfile_check.stat.size > 0
+
+    - name: Set PID variable
+      set_fact:
+        zypper_pid: "{{ (pid_content['content'] | b64decode).strip() }}"
+      when: lockfile_check.stat.exists and lockfile_check.stat.size > 0
+
+    - name: Kill process with the PID
+      command: kill -9 {{ zypper_pid }}
+      become: yes
+      ignore_errors: yes
+      when: zypper_pid is defined
+
+    - name: Wait to confirm the process is dead
+      command: ps -p {{ zypper_pid }} -o comm=
+      register: process_check
+      retries: 5
+      delay: 2
+      until: process_check.rc != 0
+      failed_when: false
+      when: zypper_pid is defined
+
+    - name: Remove stale Zypper lock file
+      file:
+        path: /var/run/zypp.pid
+        state: absent
+      become: yes
+      when: lockfile_check.stat.exists and (lockfile_check.stat.size == 0 or zypper_pid is defined)
+
     # Fully patch system
     - name: Apply all available patches
       community.general.zypper: