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+- pause:
+    prompt: |
+      Do you want to delete containers and images (y/n): 
+      'y': Delete image
+      'n': Do not delete image
+      private: no
+      Default: 'y'
+  register: delete_image
+
+- set_fact:
+    elk_delete_image: "{{delete_image.user_input}}"
+
+- debug:
+    msg: "elk_delete_image is {{elk_delete_image}}"
+
+- name: Set vm.max_map_count=262144 for hosted machine, otherwise ES start error
+  become: yes
+  sysctl:
+    name: vm.max_map_count
+    value: 262144
+    state: present
+    reload: yes