MrHDOLEK/setup-vps

An Ansible playbook to setup VPS.

Ansible: VPS Setup

Requirements

• docker
• docker-compose or
• python
• ansible installed for your local machine

What is set up ?

• AppArmor
• Auditd
• Cron
• Iptables
• journald
• sshd
• sysctl
• timesyncd
• fail2ban
• docker and docker-compose
• create user
• off root login
• remove unnecessary services

Setup

1. cp inventory.example inventory
2. You need to change these variables in the inventory file to
   • debian -> Ip address or hostname
   • ansible_user=test -> The name of the user by which we will initiate the server. Ideally, it should be root or a user in the sudo group
   • ansible_ssh_pass=test -> Password to user above
3. You must replace in the vps.yml this value
   • username -> The username to which we will be logging in
   • password -> Hash of your password. To create it you need to run this command make create_password PASS=<your password>

By docker

1. make start or docker-compose up -d
2. make bash or docker exec -it <container id> bash
3. ansible-playbook -i inventory vps.yml
4. If we want to install the selected modules then ansible-playbook -i inventory vps.yml --tags "user,docker"

By ansible for local machine

1. ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
2. ansible-playbook -i inventory vps.yml
3. If we want to install the selected modules then ansible-playbook -i inventory vps.yml --tags "user,docker"

All commands

• make help

FAQ

Q: Where can I get knowledge in linux administration ? ?

A: Collection of knowledge mikrus