totaldebug.motd

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An Ansible role for creating an MOTD banner when logging into yout server.

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Configuration

Role Variables

motd_template: modify this to change the ASCII Art or possible options
motd_modification: should the motd be modified defaults true
motd_server_role: What role the server plays e.g. WebServer
motd_info: List of additional information to show under the ASCII art. Look into the defaults for an example.

Custom Template

The templates packaged with this role are meant to be very generic.

If the default template does not suit your needs, you can replace it with yours. What you need to do:

create a templates directory at the same level as your playbook create a templates\mymotd.j2 file (just choose a different name from the default template) in your playbook set the var motd_template: mymotd.j2

Example Playbook

---

- host: all
  roles:
    - totaldebug/motd

Features

	🔰
Custom Template	✔️
Server information	✔️

Example Output

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/motd
     _              _ _     _
    / \   _ __  ___(_) |__ | | ___
   / _ \ | '_ \/ __| | '_ \| |/ _ \
  / ___ \| | | \__ \ | |_) | |  __/
 /_/   \_\_| |_|___/_|_.__/|_|\___|

 FQDN:    localhost.localdomain - WebServer
 Distro:  CentOS 7.7 Final
 Last Change: 2019-12-18, 16:41:04
 CPUs:    1
 RAM:     0.49GB