This role will execute a initial server setup for debian based systems. A number of containers will be created with the options specified in the vars/defaults.yml variable file.

Settings

create_user: the name of the remote sudo user to create.
copy_local_key: path to a local SSH public key that will be copied as authorized key for the new user. By default, it copies the key from the current system user running Ansible.
sys_packages: array with list of packages that should be installed.

Running this Role

Quick Steps:

1. Create a playbook

nano /etc/ansible/playbooks/setup-playbook.yml

Drop the following in that playbook file:

#playbooks/setup-playbook.yml
---
- hosts: all
  become: true
  
  roles:
    - cael.init

2. Customize Options

nano vars/default.yml

#vars/default.yml
---
create_user: sammy
copy_local_key: "{{ lookup('file', lookup('env','HOME') + '/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
sys_packages: [ 'curl', 'vim', 'git', 'ufw']

3. IMPORTANT STEP - ssh-copy-id

ssh-copy-id user@targethost

4. Run the Playbook

ansible-playbook -l [target] -i [inventory file] -u [remote user] playbook.yml