--- - name: gather debug info hosts: "{{ HOSTS }}" become: yes tasks: - name: Gather recent vmstat info command: /bin/vmstat 1 5 register: vmstat - name: Gather top CPU hogs command: ps -eo user,pid,size,pcpu,cmd --sort=-pcpu register: pscpu - name: Gather top memory hogs command: ps -eo user,pid,size,pcpu,cmd --sort=-size register: pssize - name: Swap + wait states debug: var: vmstat.stdout_lines - name: Top 3 CPU hogs debug: var: pscpu.stdout_lines[:4] - name: Top 3 memory hogs debug: var: pssize.stdout_lines[:4]