Ansible role service manager

Managing aide.

• Ansible role service manager
  • License
  • Author Information
  • Requirements
  • Dependencies
  • Compatibility
  • Role Variables
  • Example Playbook
  • Useful shell commands
  • Additional documentation resources
  • Testing with Molecule
  • CI/CD with Travis CI
  • Useful links

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

• Made and maintained by: Kasra Amirsarvari
• Ansible Galaxy community author: https://galaxy.ansible.com/caseraw
• Dockerhub community user: https://hub.docker.com/u/caseraw

Requirements

• Ensure a package manager is available and configured with the correct package sources and repositories.
• Ensure privileged permissions are set for the user executing this role to:
  • Install packages.
  • Manage service settings and configurations.

Dependencies

N/A

Compatibility

Compatible with the following list of operating systems:

• CentOS 7
• CentOS 8
• RHEL 7.x
• RHEL 8.x

Role Variables

Example Playbook

---
- name: Manage aide
  become: True
  gather_facts: True
  tasks:
    - import_role:
        name: ansible_role_aide
      vars:
        role_aide_packages:
          - cronie
          - aide
        role_aide_db: /var/lib/aide/aide.db.gz
        role_aide_new: /var/lib/aide/aide.db.new.gz

...

Useful shell commands

/usr/sbin/aide --init
/usr/sbin/aide --check

Additional documentation resources

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/security_guide/sec-using-aide
• https://access.redhat.com/solutions/55021

Testing with Molecule

This role is locally tested with the use of Molecule, the configuration is located at: molecule/default.
The Molecule tests are run (using the docker driver) on Dockerhub images built for this purpose:

• CentOS
• Fedora

CI/CD with Travis CI

This role uses Travis CI to run online tests with the use of Molecule and pushes notifications to import the role into Ansible Galaxy once the tests are successful. The Travis CI configuration is located at the root of the Ansible role .travis.yml

Useful links

• GitHub repository: https://github.com/Caseraw/ansible_role_arpwatch
• Travis CI build status: https://travis-ci.org/Caseraw/ansible_role_arpwatch
• Ansible Galaxy role: https://galaxy.ansible.com/caseraw/ansible_role_arpwatch