Ansible-Linux_Base/README.md

Ansible-Linux_Base

Configures a Linux machine to the corporate base image from default install media

Requirements

If the "base_core_hostname" variable is defined, it is recommended to set the ansible_ssh_common_args variable for the host to the following setting so the regeneration of the SSH host keys will not cause an error.

Variable	Value
ansible_ssh_common_args	'-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'

Role Variables

Core Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Choices	Comments
base_core_management_user	No	ansible_user		Defines the account that ansible will use for management in the future
base_core_install_updates	Yes	True	True, False	Install all available updates for the distro at runtime
base_core_hostname	No	""		Defines the computer hostname
base_core_motd_banner	No	""		Banner to be added to MOTD if desired
base_core_ssh_permit_root_login	Yes	False	True, False	Permits the use of root logins for ssh
base_core_ssh_permit_password_authentication	Yes	False	True, False	Permits the use of passwords for ssh
base_core_cert_common_name	No	nodename		Common name for created self-signed cert
base_core_root_ca_basename	No	""		Basename of the cert for local system reference
base_core_root_ca_convert	Yes	False	True, False	Converts the defined certificate from DER to PEM type
base_core_root_ca_url	No	""		URL of a Root CA to install
base_core_web_management	Yes	False	True, False	Enables installation of the Cockpit web management package(s)

Example

Execute playbook with needed variables

ansible-playbook -i hosts site.yml --ask-pass --ask-become-pass

Inventory File:

---
# file: hosts.yml

prod:
  hosts:
    prod-svr01:
      ansible_host: 192.168.0.10
      base_core_hostname: "prod-svr01"
    prod-svr02:
      ansible_host: 192.168.0.11

  vars:
    ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
    base_core_ssh_permit_password_authentication: true
    ansible_user: ansible
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Tags

Available tags for the role:

Role	Tags
Base	all, authorized_key, automatic_updates, cert, firewall, hostname, kernel, motd, password_auth, root_ca, root_login, ssh, time_sync, web_management