kwuxlab_ansible_common_base

Kwuxlab-ansible-common-base

This playbook installs and configures a number of base applications for the target node(s).

• SSH
  • Add the specified target_public_key to the node's authorized keys list
• Log Rotation (via logrotate)
• Journalctl (maximum disk usage)
• git installation
• ntp installation
  • And timezone configuration
• Sudoer user
  • To be used in subsequent ansible playbooks
• Base target packages (e.g. wget, curl, etc.)

Requirements

Variables

1. target_public_key_filename: Filename of the target SSH public key to add to the node's authorized keys list
2. default_local_timezone: Default timezone to be configured on the node
3. sudoer_user: Name of the sudoer user to create
4. sudoer_group: Name of the sudoer user to create/manage
5. target_sudo_defaults: Configuration of the ansible-sudo role.
   • Note: this must be updated if changing sudoer_user or sudoer_gruop
6. target_purge_other_sudoers_files: By default, all other sudoer files will be purged/removed.
7. target_packages: List of packages to install/update
8. journalctl_config: Log retention configuration for journalctl
9. target_git_version: Target git version to install
10. target_logrotate_scripts: List of logrotate scripts to be generated.