Public Scripts

Bootstrap repository for setting up development environment.

Usage

./setup-dev-env.sh

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu/Debian system with sudo access
• Internet connection
• GitHub Personal Access Token with Contents: Read/Write permission for joel-snips repository

PAT Setup

Generate a Personal Access Token at: https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens

Required permissions:

• Contents: Read/Write (for repository access)

For fine-grained tokens:

1. Select "Fine-grained personal access tokens"
2. Choose resource access for 'joelagnel/joel-snips' repository
3. Grant "Contents" permission with "Read and write" access

Security Best Practice:

• Delete the PAT immediately after the script completes
• Use short expiration times (1 hour or less recommended)
• Revoke unused tokens regularly

What it does

• Updates package manager
• Installs ansible
• Creates ~/repo/ directory
• Clones joel-snips repository (with backup handling)
• Runs ansible test playbook

Author

Joel Fernandes joel@joelfernandes.org