diff --git a/compact_mem.yaml b/compact_mem.yaml
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+---
+- name: "Compact mem on VMs."
+  hosts: all
+  roles:
+      - compact_mem
diff --git a/roles/compact_mem/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/compact_mem/tasks/main.yaml
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+---
+- name: Set cron to compact memory
+  ansible.builtin.cron:
+    name: "compact memory every day"
+    special_time: "daily"
+    job: "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory"
+  when: compact_mem