Removing change, will resubmit separately.

playbooks/roles/edx-shared-vars/defaults/main.yml

----
-#
-# edX Configuration
-#
-# github:     https://github.com/edx/configuration
-# wiki:       https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki
-# code style: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Ansible-Coding-Conventions
-# license:    https://github.com/edx/configuration/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT
-#
-##
-# Defaults shared across multiple roles.  They are prefixed with the
-# COMMON namespace and are mostly used by the common role.  They are
-# broken out into a separate role so the can be used with running common
-# 
-
-
-COMMON_MYSQL_READ_ONLY_USER: 'read_only'
-COMMON_MYSQL_READ_ONLY_PASS: 'password'
-COMMON_MYSQL_ADMIN_USER: 'admin'
-COMMON_MYSQL_ADMIN_PASS: 'password'
-COMMON_MYSQL_MIGRATE_USER: 'migrate'
-COMMON_MYSQL_MIGRATE_PASS: 'password'
-
-COMMON_MONGO_READ_ONLY_USER: 'read_only'
-COMMON_MONGO_READ_ONLY_PASS: !!null
-COMMON_ENABLE_DATADOG: False
-COMMON_ENABLE_NGINXTRA: False
-COMMON_ENABLE_SPLUNKFORWARDER: False
-COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC: False
-# enables app reporting, you must enable newrelic
-# as well
-COMMON_ENABLE_NEWRELIC_APP: False
-COMMON_ENABLE_MINOS: False
-COMMON_TAG_EC2_INSTANCE: False
-common_debian_pkgs:
-  - ntp
-  - ack-grep
-  - lynx-cur
-  - logrotate
-  - mosh
-  - rsyslog
-  - screen
-  - tmux
-  - tree
-  - git
-  - unzip
-  - python2.7
-  - python-pip
-  - python2.7-dev
-  # Not installed by default on vagrant ubuntu
-  # boxes
-  - curl
-
-common_pip_pkgs:
-  - pip==1.5.6
-  - setuptools==3.6
-  - virtualenv==1.11.6
-  - virtualenvwrapper
-
-common_web_user: www-data
-common_web_group: www-data
-common_log_user: syslog
-
-common_git_ppa: "ppa:git-core/ppa"
-
-# Skip supervisor tasks
-# When set to true this flag will allow you to install everything but keep
-# supervisor from starting any of the services.
-# Service files will be placed in supervisor's conf.available.d but not linked
-# to supervisors 'conf.d' directory.
-disable_edx_services: False
-
-# Some apps run differently in dev mode(forums)
-# so different start scripts are generated in dev mode.
-devstack: False
-
-# Some cluster apps need special settings when in vagrant
-# due to eth0 always being the same IP address
-vagrant_cluster: False
-
-common_debian_variants:
-  - Ubuntu
-  - Debian
-
-common_redhat_variants:
-  - CentOS
-  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux
-  - Amazon
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playbooks/roles/edx-shared-vars/handlers/main.yml

----
-#
-# edX Configuration
-#
-# github:     https://github.com/edx/configuration
-# wiki:       https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki
-# code style: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Ansible-Coding-Conventions
-# license:    https://github.com/edx/configuration/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT
-#
-#
-#
-# Handlers for role edx-shared-vars
-# 
-# Overview:
-# 
-#
-- name: notify me
-  debug: msg="stub handler"

playbooks/roles/edx-shared-vars/meta/main.yml

----
-#
-# edX Configuration
-#
-# github:     https://github.com/edx/configuration
-# wiki:       https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki
-# code style: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Ansible-Coding-Conventions
-# license:    https://github.com/edx/configuration/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT
-#
-##
-# Role includes for role edx-shared-vars
-# 
-# Example:
-#
-# dependencies:
-#   - {
-#   role: my_role 
-#   my_role_var0: "foo"
-#   my_role_var1: "bar"
-# }

playbooks/roles/edx-shared-vars/tasks/main.yml

----
-#
-# edX Configuration
-#
-# github:     https://github.com/edx/configuration
-# wiki:       https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki
-# code style: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Ansible-Coding-Conventions
-# license:    https://github.com/edx/configuration/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT
-#
-#
-#
-# Tasks for role edx-shared-vars
-# 
-# Overview:
-# 
-#
-# Dependencies:
-#
-# 
-# Example play:
-#
-#
-
-- name: stub ansible task
-  debug: msg="This is a stub task created by the ansible-role role"
-  notify: notify me