--- - hosts: Controller vars: metadata: name: Rabbitmq limits description: > Make sure the rabbitmq file descriptor limits are set to reasonable values. groups: - post-deployment min_fd_limit: 16384 tasks: - name: Get file_descriptors total_limit become: true register: actual_fd_limit command: "rabbitmqctl eval 'proplists:get_value(max_fds, erlang:system_info(check_io)).'" changed_when: false - name: Verify the actual limit exceeds the minimal value fail: msg: "{{ actual_fd_limit.stdout }} must be greater than or equal to {{ min_fd_limit }}" failed_when: "actual_fd_limit.stdout|int < min_fd_limit"