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+# This playbook syncs the production pdc instance with staging.
+
+
+- name: bring staging services down (httpd)
+  hosts: pdc-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
+
+  tasks:
+  - service: name=httpd state=stopped
+
+- name: bring staging services down (fedmsg-hub)
+  hosts: pdc-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
+
+  tasks:
+  - service: name=fedmsg-hub state=stopped
+
+# Here's the meaty part in the middle
+- 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:
+  - copy: src=/srv/web/infra/db-dumps/pdc.dump.xz dest=/var/tmp/pdc.dump.xz
+      owner=postgres group=postgres
+  - command: unxz /var/tmp/pdc.dump.xz
+             creates=/var/tmp/pdc.dump
+  - command: dropdb pdc
+  - command: createdb -O pdc pdc
+  - name: Import the prod db.
+    shell: cat /var/tmp/pdc.dump | psql pdc
+  - file: dest=/var/tmp/pdc.dump state=absent
+
+- name: bring staging services up (httpd)
+  hosts: pdc-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
+
+  tasks:
+  - service: name=httpd state=started
+
+- name: bring staging services up (fedmsg-hub)
+  hosts: pdc-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
+
+  tasks:
+  - service: name=fedmsg-hub state=started