Initial Server Setup on Ubuntu

This playbook will execute a initial server setup for Ubuntu systems.

The included tasks are following:

• Create a new regular user with sudo privileges
• Set authorized key for remote user
• Disable password authentication for root
• Update apt and install required system packages
• Configure and enable UFW

Running this Playbook

0. Requirements

First of all, install the latest version of Ansible, in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ansible

1. Obtain the playbook

git clone https://github.com/beglov/ansible-bootstrap-ubuntu.git
cd ansible-bootstrap-ubuntu

2. Add your remote servers to inventory file

cp hosts.sample hosts
nano hosts

3. Run the Playbook

ansible-playbook bootstrap.yml -i hosts -l [target] -u [remote user]