ansible/README.md

# Salt's Ansible Repository

Useful for management across all of 9iron, thefuck, and desu.

## TODO

* Figure out a good monitoring solution that doesn't suck ass

* Port over configs for Nextcloud on web1.9iron.club

## Initialization

Clone the repo, `cd` in. Done.

## Deployment

Adding a new server will require the following be fulfilled:

* The server is accessible from the Ansible host;

* The server has a user named `ansible` which:

  * Accepts the public key located in `contrib/desu.pub`; and

  * Has passwordless sudo capabilities as root

* The server is added to `inventory/hosts.yml` in an appropriate place;

* DNS records for the machine are set; and

* The server is running Ubuntu 20.04 or greater

From there, running the playbook `site.yml` should get the machine up to snuff. To automate the host-local steps, use the script file `contrib/bootstrap.sh`.

## Ad-Hoc Commands

The inventory is configured to allow for ad-hoc commands with very little fuss. For example:

```bash
ansible -m shell -a 'systemctl is-failed ansible-pull.service' all
```

These commands must be run from the root of the repo.

## Ansible Galaxy

Several of the roles in this repository are sourced from Ansible Galaxy. They're mirrored here for both easy compatibility with `ansible-pull` and in case the sources go down. Despite this, they're still managed in `roles/requirements.yml` for ease of management, source tracking, and updating. Any forks or deviations from these sources should be thoroughly documented.

Should you need to reinitialize them, the following command (run from the root of the repo) will initialize all Galaxy assets:

```
ansible-galaxy install -r roles/requirements.yml
```