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+- name: push packages out
+  hosts: autocloud-backend;autocloud-backend-stg
+  user: root
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+  vars:
+    testing: False
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
+
+  tasks:
+  - name: clean all metadata {%if testing%}(with infrastructure-testing on){%endif%}
+    command: yum clean all {%if testing%} --enablerepo=infrastructure-testing {%endif%}
+    always_run: yes
+  - name: yum update autocloud packages from main repo
+    yum: name="autocloud*" state=latest
+    when: not testing
+  - name: yum update autocloud packages from testing repo
+    yum: name="autocloud*" state=latest enablerepo=infrastructure-testing
+    when: testing
+  - name: yum update tunir packages from main repo
+    yum: name="tunir*" state=latest
+    when: not testing
+  - name: yum update tunir packages from testing repo
+    yum: name="tunir*" state=latest enablerepo=infrastructure-testing
+    when: testing
+
+- name: verify the frontend and stop it
+  hosts: autocloud-web;autocloud-web-stg
+  user: root
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
+
+  pre_tasks:
+  - name: tell nagios to shush w.r.t. the frontend
+    nagios: action=downtime minutes=15 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
+    delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+    ignore_errors: true
+
+  roles:
+  - autocloud/frontend
+
+  post_tasks:
+  - service: name="httpd" state=stopped
+
+- name: verify the backends, stop them, and then upgrade the db
+  hosts: autocloud-backend;autocloud-backend-stg
+  user: root
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
+
+  pre_tasks:
+  - name: tell nagios to shush w.r.t. the backend
+    nagios: action=downtime minutes=15 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
+    delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+    ignore_errors: true
+
+  roles:
+  - autocloud/backend
+
+  tasks:
+  - name: Stop the fedmsg-hub backend
+    service: name="fedmsg-hub" state=stopped
+  - name: Stop the autocloud backend
+    service: name="autocloud" state=stopped
+
+  - name: Upgrade the database
+    command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/autocloud/alembic.ini upgrade head
+    args:
+      chdir: /usr/share/autocloud/
+    when: inventory_hostname.startswith('autocloud-backend01')
+
+  - name: And... start the autocloud backend again
+    service: name="autocloud" state=started
+  - name: And... start the fedmsg-hub backend again
+    service: name="fedmsg-hub" state=started
+
+  post_tasks:
+  - name: tell nagios to unshush w.r.t. the backend
+    nagios: action=unsilence service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
+    delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+    ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: restart the frontend
+  hosts: autocloud-web;autocloud-web-stg
+  user: root
+  vars_files: 
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
+   - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+  handlers:
+  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
+
+  tasks:
+  - service: name="httpd" state=started
+
+  post_tasks:
+  - name: tell nagios to unshush w.r.t. the frontend
+    nagios: action=unsilence service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}{{ env_suffix }}
+    delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+    ignore_errors: true