Playbook to free up port 5099 when it gets stuck.

playbooks/manual/liberate-5099.yml

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+# requires --extra-vars="target='host1;host2;group etc'
+
+- name: Find whatever is running on port 5099 and storm its figurative bastille.
+  hosts: "{{ target }}"
+  user: root
+
+  tasks:
+  - name: find the PID of whatever is on port 5099
+    command: lsof -i :5099 -t
+    register: offenders
+
+  - name: salt the earth
+    command: "kill {{ item }}"
+    with_items: "{{ offenders.stdout_lines }}"