diff --git a/playbooks/gear/restart.yaml b/playbooks/gear/restart.yaml
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+# Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+---
+- import_playbook: stop.yaml
+- import_playbook: start.yaml
diff --git a/playbooks/gear/start.yaml b/playbooks/gear/start.yaml
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+# Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+---
+- hosts: gear:!disabled
+  tasks:
+    - name: starting gear
+      become: true
+      systemd:
+        name: gear
+        state: started
diff --git a/playbooks/gear/stop.yaml b/playbooks/gear/stop.yaml
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+# Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+---
+- hosts: gear:!disabled
+  tasks:
+    - name: stopping gear
+      become: true
+      systemd:
+        name: gear
+        state: stopped
+      register: result
+
+    - name: Wait for (3h10m) to stop gear
+      wait_for:
+        path: "/proc/{{ result.status.MainPID }}/status"
+        state: absent
+        timeout: 11400