diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ce5ebffa3c15bf781f6c6106b1d285185d795219..65fbb7320b18453f01fbef187abf3b661f8a7395 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ valkey_instances:
       logfile: /var/log/valkey/valkey-server.log
       dbfilename: dump.rdb
     config_file: /etc/valkey/valkey.conf
-  - name: cloud
-    state: enabled
-    config:
-      port: 0
-      unixsocket: /run/valkey-cloud/valkey-server.sock
-      unixsocketperm: 770
-      pidfile: /run/valkey-cloud/valkey-server.pid
-      logfile: /var/log/valkey/valkey-server-cloud.log
-      dbfilename: dump-cloud.rdb
-    config_file: /etc/valkey/valkey-cloud.conf
+  # - name: cloud
+  #   state: enabled
+  #   config:
+  #     port: 0
+  #     unixsocket: /run/valkey-cloud/valkey-server.sock
+  #     unixsocketperm: 770
+  #     pidfile: /run/valkey-cloud/valkey-server.pid
+  #     logfile: /var/log/valkey/valkey-server-cloud.log
+  #     dbfilename: dump-cloud.rdb
+  #   CONFIg_file: /etc/valkey/valkey-cloud.conf
 valkey_enabled: true
 valkey_pkgs:
   - name: bookworm
diff --git a/meta/argument_specs.yml b/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 0bd700473fa9a81c66d92dba5e378b37048daafd..9ffeed3d9dab1620c6564b4c4fbf194f01b8e0b4 100644
--- a/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ argument_specs:
                 type: str
                 required: false
                 description: Path to the pid file.
+              requirepass:
+                type: str
+                required: false
+                description: The instance default password.
           config_file:
             type: str
             required: true
diff --git a/tasks/check.yml b/tasks/check.yml
index 3bf01262d8ec08075c8429638b791dbefa7aa2f0..c60e90ac6738d77751256a25270d4ce7dd17e3ca 100644
--- a/tasks/check.yml
+++ b/tasks/check.yml
@@ -11,20 +11,84 @@
 - name: Valkey Checks
   block:
 
-    - name: Get server information
-      community.general.redis_info:
-        login_host: /run/valkey/valkey-server.sock
-        # login_port: 0
-      register: valkey_info
-
-    - name: Debug valkey_info
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: valkey_info
-        verbosity: "{% if ansible_check_mode | bool or ansible_diff_mode | bool %}0{% else %}1{% endif %}"
-
-    - name: Debug valkey_info.info.valkey_version
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        var: valkey_info.info.valkey_version
+    - name: Check Valkey instances server names are unique
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: >-
+          valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].name') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == []
+        quiet: "{% if ansible_verbosity == 0 %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
+        fail_msg: >-
+          The following Valkey server names have been duplicated
+          {{ valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].name') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') | join(', ') }}
+
+    - name: Check Valkey config file names are unique
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: >-
+          valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config_file') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == []
+        quiet: "{% if ansible_verbosity == 0 %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
+        fail_msg: >-
+          The following Valkey server config_files have been duplicated
+          {{ valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config_file') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') | join(', ') }}
+
+    - name: Check Valkey instances server ports are unique when not 0
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: >-
+          valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.port') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') |
+          reject('regex', '^0$') == []
+        quiet: "{% if ansible_verbosity == 0 %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
+        fail_msg: >-
+          The following Valkey server config.ports have been duplicated
+          {{ valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.port') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') |
+          reject('regex', '^0$') | join(', ') }}
+
+    - name: Check Valkey instances pidfiles are unique
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: >-
+          valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.pidfile') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == []
+        quiet: "{% if ansible_verbosity == 0 %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
+        fail_msg: >-
+          The following Valkey server config.pidfiles have been duplicated
+          {{ valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.pidfile') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') | join(', ') }}
+
+    - name: Check Valkey instances unixsockets are unique
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: >-
+          valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.unixsocket') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == []
+        quiet: "{% if ansible_verbosity == 0 %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
+        fail_msg: >-
+          The following Valkey server config.unixsockets have been duplicated
+          {{ valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.unixsocket') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == [] | join(', ') }}
+
+    - name: Check Valkey instances logfiles are unique
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: >-
+          valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.logfile') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == []
+        quiet: "{% if ansible_verbosity == 0 %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
+        fail_msg: >-
+          The following Valkey server config.logfiles have been duplicated
+          {{ valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].name') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == [] | join(', ') }}
+
+    - name: Check Valkey instances dbfilenames are unique
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: >-
+          valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.dbfilename') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == []
+        quiet: "{% if ansible_verbosity == 0 %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
+        fail_msg: >-
+          The following Valkey server config.dbfilenames have been duplicated
+          {{ valkey_instances | community.general.json_query('[].config.dbfilename') | community.general.counter |
+          ansible.builtin.dict2items | selectattr('value', '>', 1) | map(attribute='key') == [] | join(', ') }}
 
   tags:
     - valkey
diff --git a/tasks/instance.yml b/tasks/instance.yml
index 034418b3b571cc8646d6d0ad17ae6d52b2dcea30..e9309d293019a05f00fbbb06e8c38e6946fc06c1 100644
--- a/tasks/instance.yml
+++ b/tasks/instance.yml
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@
             var: valkey_instance_started
             verbosity: "{% if ansible_check_mode | bool or ansible_diff_mode | bool %}1{% else %}2{% endif %}"
 
+        - name: Debug valkey_instance_started.status.ActiveState
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            var: valkey_instance_started.status.ActiveState
+            # verbosity: "{% if ansible_check_mode | bool or ansible_diff_mode | bool %}1{% else %}2{% endif %}"
+          when: valkey_instance_started.status.ActiveState is defined
+
         - name: Check Valkey instance status
           block:
 
@@ -174,9 +180,7 @@
               check_mode: false
               changed_when: false
               register: valkey_instance_info_server
-              when:
-                - valkey_instance_enabled.enabled | bool
-                - valkey_instance.config.requirepass is defined
+              when: valkey_instance.config.requirepass is defined
 
             - name: "Check Valkey info for {{ valkey_instance.name }}"
               ansible.builtin.command: >-
@@ -190,9 +194,7 @@
               check_mode: false
               changed_when: false
               register: valkey_instance_info_server
-              when:
-                - valkey_instance_enabled.enabled | bool
-                - valkey_instance.config.requirepass is not defined
+              when: valkey_instance.config.requirepass is not defined
 
             - name: Debug valkey_instance_info_server
               ansible.builtin.debug:
@@ -201,12 +203,16 @@
             - name: "Set a fact for the Valkey info for {{ valkey_instance.name }}"
               ansible.builtin.set_fact:
                 valkey_instance_info: "{{ valkey_instance_info_server.stdout | string | community.general.jc('ini') }}"
+              when: valkey_instance_info_server.stdout is defined
 
             - name: Debug valkey_instance_info
               ansible.builtin.debug:
                 var: valkey_instance_info
+              when: valkey_instance_info is defined
 
-          when: valkey_instance_started.status.ActiveState == "active"
+          when:
+            - valkey_instance_enabled.enabled | bool
+            - valkey_instance_started.status.ActiveState == "active"
 
       when: valkey_instance_config_templated.state == "file"
 
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index a64e3d60d0cb4f5d7531ed7c8d23a83aaa37eb90..8e9108933f3861a1098c42c14aac315df8fa83ea 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
         - valkey_install
         - valkey_pkg
 
-    # - name: Include Valkey checks
-    #   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: check.yml
-    #   tags:
-    #     - valkey_check
+    - name: Include Valkey checks
+      ansible.builtin.include_tasks: check.yml
+      tags:
+        - valkey_check
 
     - name: Valkey instance config absent
       ansible.builtin.command: