Ansible Role: serdigital64.security.sec_openssh_server

Purpose

Manage provisioning of OpenSSH server.

Supported features in the current version:

  • Deploy application. Packages are defined in the variable sec_openssh_server_profiles.

The sec_openssh_server Ansible-Role is part of the A:Platform64 project and is available in the security Ansible-Collection.

Usage

The following example is an Ansible Playbook that includes all the supported features:

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---
- name: "Security / OpenSSH / Server / Usage example"
  hosts: "localhost"
  gather_facts: true

  tasks:
    - name: "Example: Install OpenSSH server and xAuth"
      vars:
        sec_openssh_server:
          resolve_prereq: true
          deploy: true
        sec_openssh_server_options:
          xauth: true
      ansible.builtin.include_role:
        name: "serdigital64.security.sec_openssh_server"
...

The playbook can be run by executing:

# Set ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS to the default install location. Change as needed.
ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS="${HOME}/.ansible/collections"
ansible-playbook "${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS}/ansible_collections/serdigital64/security/playbooks/sec_openssh_server.yml"

Role Parameters

Actions

  • Use action-parameters to control what tasks are enabled for the role to execute.
  • Parameters should be declared as task level vars as they are intented to be dynamic.
sec_openssh_server:
  resolve_prereq:
  deploy:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
sec_openssh_server.resolve_prereq no boolean false Enable automatic resolution of prequisites
sec_openssh_server.deploy no boolean false Enable installation of application package

End State

  • Use end-state parameters to define the target state after role execution.
  • Parameters should be declared in host_vars or group_vars as they are intended to be permanent.
sec_openssh_server_application:
  name:
  type:
  version:
  installed:
sec_openssh_server_options:
  xauth:
Parameter Required? Type Default Purpose / Value
sec_openssh_server_application no dictionary Set application package end state
sec_openssh_server_application.name no string "openssh_server" Select application package name
sec_openssh_server_application.type no string "distro" Select application package type
sec_openssh_server_application.version no string "latest" Select application package version
sec_openssh_server_application.installed no boolean true Set application package end state
sec_openssh_server_options no dictionary Select optional components
sec_openssh_server_options.xauth no boolean false Enable XAuth support

Deployment

OS Compatibility

The operating system compatibility list is defined in the variable: sec_openssh_server_platforms

Dependencies

  • Ansible Collections:
    • serdigital64.backup
      • bkp_archive
    • serdigital64.system
      • sys_package
      • sys_repository

Prerequisites

The Ansible engine must be already installed and configured for privileged access and remote execution.

In addition the following prerequisites can be automatically solved when running the playbook by setting the role action: resolve_prereq: true

  • Package manager for the target application is installed and enabled.

Installation Procedure

Manually install Ansible Collections from the Ansible Galaxy repository:

ansible-galaxy collection install --upgrade serdigital64.security

Automatic installation is also available by deploying A:Platform64

Contributing

Help on implementing new features and maintaining the code base is welcomed.

Please see the guidelines for further details.

Author

License

Apache-2.0