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configuration

Playbooks for user creation and server hardening / baseline configuration. Use with an inventory that targets the right hosts.

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Contents

File / folder	Purpose
usercreation.yml	Create a system user with hashed password and sudo/wheel.
hardening/	Server hardening and baseline stack (RHEL); see hardening.md.

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usercreation.yml

Creates a system user with:

• Hashed password (SHA-512)
• Home directory and bash shell
• Membership in sudo (Debian) or wheel (RHEL/Fedora)

Variables: Read from environment so you can use CI/secrets safely:

• USR_NAME – Username to create.
• USR_PASS – Plain-text password; the playbook hashes it with password_hash('sha512').

Run:

export USR_NAME=myuser USR_PASS='SecurePassword'
ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini configuration/usercreation.yml -K

Or pass extra vars instead of env if you prefer (avoid putting secrets in the command line in production).

Note: Installs the sudo package on Debian/RHEL if needed. Targets hosts: all; restrict via inventory or --limit.