ansible-bootstrap

Minimal scripts and files needed to allow ansible to manage a server.

Files

ansible-bootstrap/
├── README.md
|   This file
└── RUNME.sh
    Standalone script that can be downloaded and run to configure a server to be managed by ansible

Setting up a server to be managed by ansible

Definitions

controller := the computer running the ansible-playbook command

controllee := the computer that ansible manages

Procedure

This assumes you are setting up a Ubuntu 13.10 x64 to be managed by ansible.

• Controller: Create a public/private key pair and copy it from the controller to the controllee's /root directory

    ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/ansible
    scp ~/.ssh/ansible.pub root@$MYSERVER:/root/
  

• Controllee: As root, download and run RUNME.sh

    wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jdeveloperw/ansible-bootstrap/master/RUNME.sh
    sh RUNME.sh
  

  NOTE: This will disable password-based on authentication on the controllee, requiring you to login to the controllee as ansible@$MYSERVER using the ~/.ssh/ansible private key. If you want to re-enable password-based authentication, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config, replacing

    PasswordAuthentication no
  

  with

    PasswordAuthentication yes
  

• Controller: ssh to the controllee as ansible

     ssh ansible@$MYSERVER -i ~/.ssh/ansible