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+# wait_for_pxc
+
+This is a meta-role which should be used as a dependency for now to allow the
+Ansible roles to wait for the PXC cluster to be ready before proceeding.
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+- name: Wait until Percona XtraDB Cluster is ready
+  kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+    api_version: pxc.percona.com/v1
+    kind: PerconaXtraDBCluster
+    name: percona-xtradb
+    namespace: openstack
+    wait_sleep: 1
+    wait_timeout: 600
+    wait: true
+    wait_condition:
+      type: ready
+      status: true