Run an ansible playbook from the python api

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# borrowed from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ansible-project/V1PoNJcXV_w
import ansible.runner
import ansible.playbook
from ansible import callbacks
from ansible import utils

stats = callbacks.AggregateStats()
playbook_cb = callbacks.PlaybookCallbacks(verbose=utils.VERBOSITY)
runner_cb = callbacks.PlaybookRunnerCallbacks(stats, verbose=utils.VERBOSITY)


pb = ansible.playbook.PlayBook(
    playbook="nseries.yml",
    stats=stats,
    callbacks=playbook_cb,
    runner_callbacks=runner_cb,
    check=True
)
for (play_ds, play_basedir) in zip(pb.playbook, pb.play_basedirs):
    import ipdb
    ipdb.set_trace()
    # Can play around here to see what's going on.
   

pb.run()  # This runs the playbook