An super simple ansible playbook to provision a new linode server, set its hostname and FQDN, deploy a public ssh key under its root account, Enabled password based ssh login (changes /etc/ssh/sshd_config).
Each time you run it, it creates a NEW LINODE SERVER.
The default configuration (vars/config.yml) creates a Linode 1024 in Fremont, CA, USA.
It gives it 1GB swap (it's on SSD) and installs Debian 9.
Install the official Python library for the Linode API v4.
pip install linode_api4
Copy sample config vars/config.yml.example to vars/config.yml.
Change variables in vars/config.yml to suit your needs.
Then, deploy instance by running playbook provision.yml
$ export LINODE_API_KEY="Enter Your API KEY"
$ ansible-playbook provision.yml
After the playbook finishes, you can login via ssh as root@THE-IP-IN-THE-OUTPUT.
finally cleanup the instance by running playbook delete.yml
$ export LINODE_API_KEY="Enter Your API KEY"
$ ansible-playbook delete.yml