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+# This playbook syncs the production koji instance with staging and manages all
+# the steps we need to keep our setup intact.
+# 
+# For a description of what we're doing, see
+#   https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/infrastructure/2015-June/016377.html
+# For a description of the koji 'secondary volumes' feature, see
+#   https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/buildsys/2012-May/003892.html
+# For a description of the sql migration we do, see
+#   https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/buildsys/2015-June/004779.html
+
+
+- name: grab the latest production backup
+  hosts: db-koji01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+  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:
+  - fetch: src=/backups/koji-{{ansible_date_time['date']}}.dump.xz
+           dest=/var/tmp/prod-koji-dump/
+           fail_on_missing=yes
+
+- name: sync config and sql migration script
+  hosts: koji-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"
+
+  roles:
+  - koji_hub
+  
+- name: bring staging services down
+  hosts: koji-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=stopped
+  - service: name=kojid state=stopped
+  - service: name=kojira state=stopped
+
+
+- name: drop and re-create the staging db entirely
+  hosts: db01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+  user: root
+  become: yes
+  become_user: postgres
+  become_method: sudo
+
+  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:
+  - template: src=templates/koji-reset-staging.sql dest=/var/lib/pgsql/koji-reset-staging.sql
+  - copy: src=/var/tmp/prod-koji-dump/db-koji01.phx2.fedoraproject.org/backups/koji-{{ansible_date_time['date']}}.dump.xz
+          dest=/var/tmp/koji-{{ansible_date_time['date']}}.dump.xz
+          owner=postgres group=postgres
+  - command: unxz /var/tmp/koji-{{ansible_date_time['date']}}.dump.xz
+             creates=/var/tmp/koji-{{ansible_date_time['date']}}.dump
+  - command: dropdb koji
+  - command: createdb -O koji koji
+  - name: Import the prod db.  This will take quite a while.  Go get a snack!
+    shell: cat /var/tmp/koji-{{ansible_date_time['date']}}.dump | psql koji
+  - name: repoint all the prod rpm entries at the secondary volume (and other stuff)
+    shell: psql koji < /var/lib/pgsql/koji-reset-staging.sql
+
+# TODO -- nuke old staging content in /mnt/fedora_koji/koji/
+
+- name: bring staging services up
+  hosts: koji-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
+  - service: name=kojid state=started
+  - service: name=kojira state=started