Baseline

Baseline playbook to update and install all the packages needed for a server

Requirements

• Ansible 2.9.6 or superior.

Install

Baseline is already in Ansible Galaxy, so the only thing you need is to install this script in your machine is just use ansible-galaxy command:

ansible-galaxy install lucascbeyeler.baseline

Update

When a new version of ansible-commons is released, you will need to run the install process again, but with the "-f" or "--force" parameter.

ansible-galaxy install -f lucascbeyeler.baseline

Features

• Update the system and install some basic packages (like vim, unzip, ntp, and ca-certificates);
• Configure a ntp client and change the timezone to what you want;
• Change the hostname and update the /etc/hosts to include 127.0.0.1 to answer when the hostname is resolved;
• Enable some services, like ntp, to start during the boot (Upstart and SystemD);
• Including hushlogin to hide the MOTD;
• Change the SSH default port;
• Disable Root login throught SSH.

Role Variables

• hostname: set the hostname of your server WITHOUT the domain;
• domain: set the domain for the server and the primary domain for your server;
• timezone: inform the timezone the playbook should set in your server;
• enable_hushlogin: enable hush login for all users inside your server;
• ssh_port: define the default port for OpenSSH Server;

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  roles:
     - role: lucascbeyeler.baseline
       hostname: pikachu
       domain: johto.com
       timezone: America/Sao_Paulo
       enable_hushlogin:
       ssh_port: 8080

License

View official GNU site http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

Author Information

• Lucas Costa Beyeler - sysdevbey@gmail.com