Role Name

This role performs the initial setup instructions on new Ububntu servers as recommended by digialocean.com. It is a collection of commands from these pages:

• Initial Server Setup with Ubuntu 18.04
• How to Set Up SSH Keys on Ubuntu 18.04
• How to Use Ansible to Automate Initial Server Setup on Ubuntu 18.04

Requirements

This role assumes that we are connecting to the remote machine with a root user.

Role Variables

Check the file defaults/main.yml for details.

Dependencies

None

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: servers
  roles:
     - { role: username.rolename, x: 42 }

License

MIT

Author Information

Milad Kawas. @miladkawas