--- - name: Enable cgroup via boot commandline if not already enabled lineinfile: path: /boot/firmware/cmdline.txt backrefs: yes regexp: '^((?!.*\bcgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory\b).*)$' line: '\1 cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory' when: - ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' - name: Read /proc/cmdline to check for cgroups already running shell: cat /proc/cmdline register: cmdline when: - ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' - name: Reboot to enable cgroups if not already running reboot: when: - ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' - '"cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory" not in cmdline.stdout'