diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
index 109ef980..232a9339 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ for SUBNODE in $SUBNODES ; do
     echo "$SUBNODE host_counter=$COUNTER" >> "$WORKSPACE/inventory"
 done
 
+# Write ansible config file
+cat > "$WORKSPACE/ansible.cfg" <<EOF
+[defaults]
+callback_plugins = $WORKSPACE/devstack-gate/playbooks/plugins/callback
+stdout_callback = devstack
+EOF
+
 # NOTE(clarkb): for simplicity we evaluate all bash vars in ansible commands
 # on the node running these scripts, we do not pass through unexpanded
 # vars to ansible shell commands. This may need to change in the future but
diff --git a/playbooks/plugins/callback/devstack.py b/playbooks/plugins/callback/devstack.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0433ada6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/plugins/callback/devstack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+# (c) 2012-2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+from ansible import constants as C
+from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
+from ansible.vars import strip_internal_keys
+
+import datetime
+import yaml
+
+
+def _get_timestamp():
+    return str(datetime.datetime.now())[:-3]
+
+
+class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
+
+    '''Callback plugin for devstack-gate.
+
+    Based on the minimal callback plugin from the ansible tree. Adds
+    timestamps to the start of the lines, squishes responses that are only
+    messages, returns facts in yaml not json format and strips facter facts
+    from the reported facts.
+    '''
+
+    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'stdout'
+    CALLBACK_NAME = 'devstack'
+
+    def _command_generic_msg(self, host, result, task, caption):
+        '''output the result of a command run'''
+
+        if caption == 'SUCCESS':
+            buf = "%s | %s | %s | %s >>\n" % (
+                _get_timestamp(), host, caption, task.get_name().strip())
+        else:
+            buf = "%s | %s | %s | %s | rc=%s >>\n" % (
+                _get_timestamp(), host, caption, task.get_name().strip(),
+                result.get('rc', 0))
+        buf += result.get('stdout', '')
+        buf += result.get('stderr', '')
+        buf += result.get('msg', '')
+
+        return buf + "\n"
+
+    def v2_runner_on_failed(self, result, ignore_errors=False):
+        if 'exception' in result._result:
+            self._display.display(
+                "An exception occurred during task execution."
+                " The full traceback is:\n" + result._result['exception'])
+
+        if result._task.action in C.MODULE_NO_JSON:
+            self._display.display(
+                self._command_generic_msg(
+                    result._host.get_name(), result._result, result._task,
+                    "FAILED"))
+        else:
+            self._display.display(
+                "%s | %s | FAILED! => %s" % (
+                    _get_timestamp(),
+                    result._host.get_name(), self._dump_results(
+                        result._result, indent=4)))
+
+    def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result):
+        self._clean_results(result._result, result._task.action)
+        if 'ansible_facts' in result._result:
+            return
+        elif 'hostvars[inventory_hostname]' in result._result:
+            facts = result._result['hostvars[inventory_hostname]']
+            facter_keys = [k for k in facts.keys() if k.startswith('facter_')]
+            for key in facter_keys:
+                del facts[key]
+            result._result['ansible_facts'] = facts
+            self._display.display(
+                "%s | %s | Gathered facts:\n%s" % (
+                    _get_timestamp(),
+                    result._host.get_name(),
+                    yaml.safe_dump(facts, default_flow_style=False)))
+            return
+
+        if result._task.action in C.MODULE_NO_JSON:
+            self._display.display(
+                self._command_generic_msg(
+                    result._host.get_name(), result._result, result._task,
+                    "SUCCESS"))
+        else:
+            if 'changed' in result._result and result._result['changed']:
+                self._display.display(
+                    "%s | %s | SUCCESS => %s" % (
+                        _get_timestamp(),
+                        result._host.get_name(), self._dump_results(
+                            result._result, indent=4)))
+            else:
+                abriged_result = strip_internal_keys(result._result)
+                if 'msg' in abriged_result and len(abriged_result.keys()) == 1:
+                    result_text = result._result['msg']
+                else:
+                    result_text = self._dump_results(result._result, indent=4)
+
+                self._display.display(
+                    "%s | %s | %s | %s" % (
+                        _get_timestamp(),
+                        result._host.get_name(),
+                        result._task.get_name().strip(),
+                        result_text))
+            self._handle_warnings(result._result)
+
+    def v2_runner_on_skipped(self, result):
+        self._display.display(
+            "%s | %s | SKIPPED" % (
+                _get_timestamp(), result._host.get_name()))
+
+    def v2_runner_on_unreachable(self, result):
+        self._display.display(
+            "%s | %s | UNREACHABLE! => %s" % (
+                _get_timestamp(),
+                result._host.get_name(), self._dump_results(
+                    result._result, indent=4)))
+
+    def v2_on_file_diff(self, result):
+        if 'diff' in result._result and result._result['diff']:
+            self._display.display(self._get_diff(result._result['diff']))
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gather_host_info/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gather_host_info/tasks/main.yaml
index 0f0a0007..bccc6895 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gather_host_info/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gather_host_info/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- debug: msg="The running kernel version is {{ ansible_kernel }}"
-- debug: msg="This instance has {{ ansible_processor_vcpus }} vcpu(s)"
+- debug: var=hostvars[inventory_hostname]
 - command: locale
-  register: locale_out
-- name: "Locale is:"
-  debug: var=locale_out.stdout_lines
+  name: "Gather locale"