Ansible HOWTO

Install brew

Mac

brew install ansible

Create an inventory file

echo "w.x.y.z" > inv.ini

Test the connection

This assumes you can SSH as root into the machine.

ansible all -i inv.ini -m ping -u root

Run the playbook

ansible-playbook basic_security.yml -i inv.ini -u root

Available playbooks

basic_security.yml

• Unattended upgrades
• No SSH password authentication
• Custom SSH port (6677)
• Basic firewall configuration
• fail2ban
• logwatch notifying daily on [email protected]