ansible-arch-install

Intro

This ansible-playbook is being used for installing Arch Linux on a new computer. Please make sure, that you understand the underlaying roles and what they do before following my quickstart guide. I am NOT responsible to anything that might happen by executing my ansible roles. As we are installing a new operating system, ansible-arch-setup is formatting your drive before the install. This leads into dataloss. Don't forget to correctly backup your device!

Post install

My arch install is splitted into "pre and postinstall" ansible-playbooks. There is a second playbook I'm using after the first reboot: ansible-arch

Roles used

• ansible-arch-setup

Role Variables:

To be set in group_vars OR host_vars

Variable	Description	Default
ansible_user	user used for login into archiso	root
user_name	name of the user being created	nik
ansible_host	ip adress of your computer	<empty>
user_password	hashed pw of the user being created	<empty>
hostname	hostname that should be set	arch-workstation
install_drive	path of the drive being used	/dev/sda
bios_partition_suffix	only relevant when changing the whole task by yourself	1
boot_partition_suffix	efi partion has the partion number 1	1
root_partition_suffix	root partion has the partion number 2	2
bios	set to true when you want a bios install -> conflicts with efi	false
efi	set to true when you want a efi install -> conflicts with bios	false
intel	set to true when you want to install intel-ucode & mesa	false
amd	set to true when you want to install amd-ucode	false
nvidia	set to true when you want to install nvidia & nvidia-settings	false
bluetooth	set to true when you want to configure bluetooth	false
sshd	set to true when you want a running sshd server	false
xorg	set to true when you want to install xorg packages	false
plasma	set to true when you want to install plasma & boot into it	false

Quick start

0. Make sure ansible is on the controller device:

# arch
sudo pacman -S ansible
# debian
sudo apt-get install ansible
# MacOS
brew install ansible

1. To install all the roles needed at the same time with one command, run the following:

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

2. Insert variables to your own liking:

vim host_vars/localhost.yml
vim group_vars/localhost.yml

The user_password has to be created by using

mkpasswd --method=sha-512

In case you don't want to install whois/mkpasswd on your system:

docker run --rm -it debian bash
apt update
apt install whois
mkpasswd --method=sha-512
exit

3. Boot the archiso
4. Set the root password

passwd

5. Set ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes

vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

6. Restart SSH

systemctl restart sshd

7. Transfer your controllers public key:

ssh-copy-id root@<ip-adress>

8. execute the playbook on your controller device

ansible-playbook site.yml