ansible-baseline

This base role configures some parameters and installs base tools in the system.

Requirements

Ansible 2.10.8

Role Variables

Variable	Description
locales	Configures the system locales for example: en_US.UTF-8 or uk_UA.UTF-8
timezone_name	Configures the system timezone for example: Europe/Berlin or Europe/Kyiv
sysctl_config	The variable which helps to manage sysctl configuration in a system
sysctl_config_location	The variable set path to /etc/sysctl.conf
ulimit_config	The variable which helps to manage ulimit configuration in a system
ulimit_config_location	The variable set path to /etc/security/limits.conf
packages	Overrides the list of the base packages to install in system

Dependencies

N/A

Example of how to use the role

- hosts: localhost
  become: true
  gather_facts: yes
  
  vars:
    locales:
        - en_US.UTF-8
        - uk_UA.UTF-8
    timezone_name: Europe/Berlin
    sysctl_config:
      kernel.sysrq: 0
      kernel.core_uses_pid: 1
      fs.file-max: 65535
    sysctl_config_location: /etc/sysctl.conf
    ulimit_config: 
        - domain: '*'
          type: 'soft'
          item: 'nproc'
          value: '65535'
        - domain: '*'
          type: 'hard'
          item: 'nproc'
          value: '65535'
    ulimit_config_location: /etc/security/limits.conf
    packages:
        - vim
        - git
        - tmux
        - htop
        - curl
        - wget
        - sudo
        - strace
        - iftop
        - jnettop
        - iotop
        - nload
        - ioping
        - tree
        - ncdu
roles:
  - role: ansible-baseline

License

MIT

Author Information

Yurii Onuk