resolves issue https://github.com/rcbops/ansible-lxc-rpc/issues/161

rpc_deployment/roles/host_common/handlers/main.yml

@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 
 - name: Restart sysstat
   service: name=sysstat state=restarted pattern=sysstat enabled=yes
+
+- name: Restart irqbalance
+  service: name=irqbalance state=restarted pattern=irqbalance enabled=yes

rpc_deployment/roles/host_common/tasks/irqbalance.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2014, Rackspace US, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+- name: Drop irqbalance default
+  template:
+    src: "irqbalance"
+    dest: "/etc/default/irqbalance"
+  notify: Restart irqbalance

rpc_deployment/roles/host_common/tasks/main.yml

@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 - include: updatehostsfile.yml
 - include: authorized_keys.yml
 - include: kernel_modules.yml
+- include: irqbalance.yml

rpc_deployment/roles/host_common/templates/ircbalance

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#Configuration for the irqbalance daemon
+
+#Should irqbalance be enabled?
+ENABLED="1"
+#Balance the IRQs only once?
+ONESHOT="0"
+
+# Ignore hints
+OPTIONS="--hintpolicy=ignore"