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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import os
+import pickle
+import sys
+
+# import json
+import traceback
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+sys.path.append("/opt/xos")
+
+
+def run_playbook(ansible_hosts, ansible_config, fqp, opts):
+    try:
+        if ansible_config:
+            os.environ["ANSIBLE_CONFIG"] = ansible_config
+        else:
+            try:
+                del os.environ["ANSIBLE_CONFIG"]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+
+        if ansible_hosts:
+            os.environ["ANSIBLE_HOSTS"] = ansible_hosts
+        else:
+            try:
+                del os.environ["ANSIBLE_HOSTS"]
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+
+        import ansible_runner
+
+        reload(ansible_runner)
+
+        # Dropped support for observer_pretend - to be redone
+        runner = ansible_runner.Runner(
+            playbook=fqp, run_data=opts, host_file=ansible_hosts
+        )
+
+        stats, aresults = runner.run()
+    except Exception as e:
+        return {"stats": None, "aresults": None, "exception": traceback.format_exc()}
+
+    return {"stats": stats, "aresults": aresults}
+
+
+def main():
+    input_fn = sys.argv[1]
+    result_fn = sys.argv[2]
+
+    args = pickle.loads(open(input_fn).read())
+
+    Config.init(args["config_file"], "synchronizer-config-schema.yaml")
+
+    ansible_hosts = args["ansible_hosts"]
+    ansible_config = args["ansible_config"]
+    fqp = args["fqp"]
+    opts = args["opts"]
+
+    result = run_playbook(ansible_hosts, ansible_config, fqp, opts)
+
+    open(result_fn, "w").write(pickle.dumps(result))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()