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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.
+
+#xos-postgres tests
+
+- name: Check PSQL Service Status
+  service:
+    name: postgresql
+    state: started
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job
+
+- name: Check PSQL Service Version/Port
+  shell: service postgresql status | grep "{{ item }}"
+  register: result
+  with_items:
+    - 9.6/main
+    - port 5432
+    - online
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # running a sub job