Ansible Configurations

Control node setup

The control node needs the following python packages installed via pip3:

passlib
paramiko
ansible-lint

First-time host setup

1. Add hostname of new server to the inventory file, ensuring it is in your ~/.ssh/config and accessible with that config. You should definitely ssh-copy-id to it, even though it is accessible by password at this point.

   [presecurity]
   new_server_alias

2. run the main playbook

   ansible-playbook -l presecurity --skip-tags future main.yml

If successful, the server should not longer be accessible via ssh on port 22; update ~/.ssh/config and move the server to another group in the inventory.

NOT Automated

• playbooks/dotfiles.yml : needs to be run as the primary user (yourself) to install dotfiles for you rather than for ansible user

Dev notes

• Mark in-progress/under construction tasks with the tag future. Then at execution, skip unfinished tasks with

  ansible-playbook --skip-tags "future" main.yml