diff --git a/apps/roles/elk/tasks/pre.yml b/apps/roles/elk/tasks/pre.yml
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--- a/apps/roles/elk/tasks/pre.yml
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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