diff --git a/bootstrap_kafka_rax.sh b/bootstrap_kafka_rax.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export RAX_CREDS_FILE=$(grep rax_credentials_file playbooks/group_vars/all|cut -d"'" -f2)
+export RAX_REGION=$(grep rax_region playbooks/group_vars/all|cut -d"'" -f2)
+VARS="${VARS} ANSIBLE_SCP_IF_SSH=y ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"
+
+export $VARS
+ansible-playbook -f 20 -i inventory/rax.py playbooks/bootstrap_kafka.yml 
diff --git a/bootstrap_kafka_static.sh b/bootstrap_kafka_static.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export RAX_CREDS_FILE=$(grep rax_credentials_file playbooks/group_vars/all|cut -d"'" -f2)
+export RAX_REGION=$(grep rax_region playbooks/group_vars/all|cut -d"'" -f2)
+VARS="${VARS} ANSIBLE_SCP_IF_SSH=y ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"
+
+export $VARS
+ansible-playbook -f 20 -i inventory/static playbooks/bootstrap_kafka.yml 
diff --git a/confluent_community_static.sh b/confluent_community_static.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export RAX_CREDS_FILE=$(grep rax_credentials_file playbooks/group_vars/all|cut -d"'" -f2)
+export RAX_REGION=$(grep rax_region playbooks/group_vars/all|cut -d"'" -f2)
+VARS="${VARS} ANSIBLE_SCP_IF_SSH=y ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"
+
+export $VARS
+ansible-playbook -f 20 -vvv -i inventory/static playbooks/confluent-community.yml