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+# This playbook syncs the production fas with staging and manages all
+# the steps we need to keep our setup intact.
+#
+
+- name: bring staging services down
+  hosts: fas01.stg.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:
+  - service: name=httpd state=stopped
+
+- name: dump the prod db out
+  hosts: db-fas01.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:
+  - name: Dumping the production db. This might take a minute. Go out to the lobby!
+    command: pg_dump -C fas2 |xz -c /var/tmp/fas2.dump.xz
+
+- name: drop and re-create the staging db entirely
+  hosts: db-fas01.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:
+  - synchronize:
+       src: /var/tmp/fas2.dump.xz
+       dest: /var/tmp/fas2.dump.xz
+    delegate_to: db-fas01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+
+  - name: Remove the db dump on the prod server
+    command: rm -f /var/tmp/fas2.dump.xz
+    delegate_to: db-fas01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+
+  - command: unxz /var/tmp/fas2.dump.xz
+             creates=/var/tmp/fas2.dump
+
+  - command: dropdb fas2
+  - command: createdb -O fas2 fas2
+  - name: Import the prod db.  This will take quite a while.  Go get a snack!
+    shell: cat /var/tmp/fas2.dump | psql fas2
+
+- name: bring staging services up
+  hosts: fas01.stg.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:
+  - service: name=httpd state=started