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+#!/bin/bash
+
+INVENTORY="ansible_hosts"
+PLAYBOOK="run-one-role.yml"
+#PLAYBOOK="iiab-stages.yml"
+CWD=`pwd`
+
+export ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH="$CWD/iiab-debug.log"
+
+if [ ! -f $PLAYBOOK ]; then
+    echo "Exiting: IIAB Playbook not found."
+    echo "Please run this in /opt/iiab/iiab (top level of the git repo)."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Is the following stanza nec?
+if [ ! -f /etc/iiab/config_vars.yml ]; then
+    mkdir -p /etc/iiab
+    echo "{}" > /etc/iiab/config_vars.yml
+fi
+
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] ; then
+    echo " usage: ./runrole <name of role>"
+    echo " Can only take a single value."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+ansible-playbook -i $INVENTORY $PLAYBOOK --connection=local -e "role_to_run=$1"