Stops/removes any running container

This is done to ensure there's nothing else running on the docker hosts

tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+- name: stop any running container
+  shell: "docker stop `docker ps -q` || docker rm `docker ps -q`"
+  ignore_errors: true
+
 - name: ensure benchmarks dict exists
   assert:
     that:
@@ -9,6 +13,18 @@
     results_path: "./results/"
   when: 'results_path is undefined'
 
+- name: remove remote results folder
+  file:
+    path: '{{ remote_results_path }}'
+    state: absent
+  become: true
+
+- name: create remote results folder
+  file:
+    path: '{{ remote_results_path }}'
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+
 - name: ensure benchmark output folder exists
   local_action:
     module: file

tasks/run-container.yml

@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@
   set_fact:
     docker_flags: ''
 
-- name: stop container
-  shell: 'docker stop $(docker ps -aq --filter ancestor={{ bench.image }})'
-  ignore_errors: true
-- name: remove container
-  shell: 'docker rm $(docker ps -aq --filter ancestor={{ bench.image }})'
-  ignore_errors: true
-
 - name: add environment to docker_flags
   set_fact:
     docker_flags: '{{ docker_flags }} -e {{ item.key }}="{{ item.value }}"'