The ``preseed`` role can be used for generating simple preseed files for Debian

Wheezy installations.

The generated preseed files allow simplified installation, with a single root

partition. A number of common parameters can be provided.

Parameters

~~~~~~~~~~

**ansible_key** (string, mandatory)

  SSH public key that should be deployed to authorized_keys truststore for

  operating system user ``root``. This is necessary for the bootstrap process

  to work since Debian Jessie does not allow password-based logins for root.

**preseed_directory** (mandatory)

    Destination directory where the preseed files should be stored.

**preseed_servers** (mandatory)

  List of servers for which a preseed file should be created. Each item in

  this list defines options for a single server. The options are as follows:

  **name** (string, mandatory)

    Name associated with the server. This name is used in the preseed

    configuration filename.

  **language** (string, mandatory)

    Language.

  **country** (string, mandatory)

    Country.

  **locale** (string, mandatory)

    Locale.

  **keymap** (string, mandatory)

    Keymap.

  **network_interface** (string, mandatory)

    Name of network interface (for example *eth0*) that should be

    configured.

  **network_auto** (boolean, mandatory)

    Specifies whether the network configuration should be automatic (using

    DHCP) or manual. If manual configuration is selected a number of

    additional options needs to be specified.

  **network_ip** (string, mandatory if **network_auto** is set to ``no``)

    IP address for the server network interface.

  **network_netmask** (string, mandatory if **network_auto** is set to ``no``)

    Netmask for the server network interface.

  **network_gateway** (string, mandatory if **network_auto** is set to ``no``)

    Default gateway for the server.

  **network_dns** (string, mandatory if **network_auto** is set to ``no``)

    Comma-separated list of DNS servers.

  **network_hostname** (string, mandatory if **network_auto** is set to ``no``)

    Server hostname.

  **network_domain** (string, mandatory if **network_auto** is set to ``no``)

    Server domain.

  **mirror_hostname** (string, mandatory)

    Resolvable hostname of FQDN where the Debian apt repositories can be

    found. Only HTTP mirrors are supported.

  **mirror_directory** (string, mandatory)

    Directory under which the Debian apt repositories can be found on the

    specified mirror.

  **mirror_proxy** (string, optional, default is *None*)

    An HTTP proxy that should be used for accessing the Debian apt

    repositories.

  **root_password** (string, mandatory)

    Initial password that should be set for the server during the

    installation.

  **timezone** (string, mandatory)

    Timezone that should be used when calculating server time. It is assumed

    that the local hardware clock is set to UTC.

Examples

~~~~~~~~

Here is an example configuration for a preseed file for two servers, one with

automatic and one with manual network configuration:

.. code-block:: yaml

  ---

  preseed_directory: /var/www/preseed/

  preseed_servers:

    - name: test1.example.com

      language: en

      country: SE

      locale: en_US.UTF-8

      keymap: us

      network_interface: eth0

      network_auto: yes

      mirror_hostname: ftp.se.debian.org

      mirror_directory: /debian

      mirror_proxy: http://proxy.example.com/

      root_password: testserver

      timezone: Europe/Stockholm

    - name: test2.example.com

      language: en

      country: SE

      locale: en_US.UTF-8

      keymap: us

      network_interface: eth0

      network_auto: no

      network_ip: 10.0.0.10

      network_netmask: 255.255.255.0

      network_gateway: 10.0.0.1

      network_dns: 10.0.0.2,10.0.0.3

      network_hostname: test1

      network_domain: example.com

      mirror_hostname: ftp.se.debian.org

      mirror_proxy: http://proxy.example.com/

      mirror_directory: /debian

      root_password: testserver

      timezone: Europe/Stockholm

Bootstrap

---------

The ``bootstrap`` role can be used for bootstraping a new server with

Ansible. In order to apply this role to a server, all that is necessary is root

access to the server (either via SSH or locally).

The role implements the following:

* Installs sudo package.

* Creates operating system user and group for Ansible (``ansible``).

* Sets-up an authorized_key for operating system user ``ansible`` (for remote

  SSH access).

* Configures sudo to allow operating system user ``ansible`` to run sudo

  commands without password authentication.

* Removes the Ansible user's key from the list of authorized keys for user root

  at the end of bootstrap process. This key was necessary only for the bootstrap

  process.

Parameters

~~~~~~~~~~

**ansible_key** (string, mandatory)

  SSH public key that should be deployed to authorized_keys truststore for

  operating system user ``ansible``.

Examples

~~~~~~~~

Since the role is meant to be used just after the server has been installed, and

using the ``root`` account, it is probably going to be invoked from a separate

playbook.

For example, a playbook (``bootstrap.yml``) could look something similar to:

.. code-block:: yaml

  ---

  - hosts: "{{ server }}"

    remote_user: root

    roles:

      - bootstrap

    vars:

      ansible_key: "{{ lookup('file', 'authorized_keys/ansible.pub') }}"

With such a playbook in place, it would be invoked with:

  ansible-playbook --ask-pass -e server=test1.example.com bootstrap.yml

Common

------

The ``common`` role can be used for applying a common configuration and

hardening across all servers, no matter what services they provide.

The role implements the following:

* Sets-up umask for all logins to ``0027``.

* Installs sudo.

* Installs additional base packages, as configured.

* Creates additional operating system groups, as configured.

* Creates additional operating system users, as configured.

* Hardens the SSH server by disabling remote ``root`` logins and password-based

  authentication.

* Allows traversing of directory ``/etc/ssl/private/`` to everyone. This lets

  you put TLS private keys in central location where any operating system user

  can reach them provided they have appropriate read/write rights on the file

  itself, and provided they know the exact path of the file.

* Deploys CA certificate files, normally used for truststore purposes, to

  ``/etc/ssl/certs/``.

* Installs ``ferm`` (for iptables management), configuring a basic firewall

  which allows ICMP echo requests (PING), incoming connection on TCP port 22

  (SSH), and also introduces rate-limitting for incoming ICMP echo request

  pacakges and (new) TCP connections. The rate-limitting is based on the source

  IP address, using the ``iptables hashlimit`` module.

Parameters

~~~~~~~~~~

**os_users** (list, optional)

  A list of operating system users that should be set-up on a server. Each item

  is a dictionary with the following options describing the user parameters:

  **name** (string, mandatory)

    Name of the operating system user that should be created. User's default

    group will have the same name as the user.

  **uid** (number, mandatory)

    UID for the operating system user. User's default group will have a GID

    identical to the user's UID.

  **additional_groups** (string, mandatory)

    Comma-separated list of additional groups that a user should belong to. If

    no additional groups should be appended to user's list of groups, set it to

    empty string (``""``).

  **authorized_keys** (list, mandatory)

    List of SSH public keys that should be deployed to user's authorized_keys

    truststore. If no authorized keys should be deployed, set it to empty list

    (``[]``).

  **password** (string, mandatory)

    Encrypted password that should be set for the user.

**os_groups** (list, optional)

  A list of operating system groups that should be set-up on a server. Each item

  is a dictionary with the following options describing the group parameters:

  **name** (string, mandatory)

    Name of the operating system group that should be created.

  **gid** (number, mandatory)

    GID for the operating system group.

**common_packages** (list, optional)

  List of additional operating system packages that should be installed on the

  server. Each element of the list should be a simple string denoting the name

  of the package.

**ca_certificates** (list, optional)

  List of additional CA certificate files that should be deployed on the

  server. Each element of the list should be a filepath to a CA certificate file

  on originating (Ansible) host that should be copied to destination

  server.

**incoming_connection_limit** (string, mandatory)

  Rate at which the incoming ICMP echo-request packages and new TCP connections

  will be accepted at. The value should be specified in the same format as value

  for the ``iptables hashlimit`` option ``--hashlimit-upto``.

**incoming_connection_limit_burst** (string, mandatory)

  Initial burst of packages that should be accepted when the client with

  distinct source IP address connects to the server for the first time (usually

  higher than ``incoming_connection_limit``), even if it would go above the

  specified connection limit.

Examples

~~~~~~~~

Here is an example configuration for setting-up some common users, groups, and

packages on all servers:

.. code-block:: yaml

  ---

  os_users:

    - name: admin

      uid: 1000

      additional_groups: sudo

      authorized_keys:

        - "{{ lookup('file', '/home/admin/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"

      password: '$6$AaJRWtqyX5pk$IP8DUjgY0y2zqMom9BAc.O9qHoQWLFCmEsPRCika6l/Xh87cp2SnlMywH0.r4uEcbHnoicQG46V9VrJ8fxp2d.'

    - name: john

      uid: 1001

      additional_groups: ""

      authorized_keys: []

      password: '$6$AaJRWtqyX5pk$IP8DUjgY0y2zqMom9BAc.O9qHoQWLFCmEsPRCika6l/Xh87cp2SnlMywH0.r4uEcbHnoicQG46V9VrJ8fxp2d.'

  os_groups:

    - name: localusers

      gid: 2500

  common_packages:

    - emacs23-nox

    - screen

    - debconf-utils

  ca_certificates:

    - ../certs/truststore.pem

  incoming_connection_limit: 2/second

  incoming_connection_limit_burst: 6

.. _ldap_client:

LDAP Client

-----------

The ``ldap_client`` role can be used for setting-up an OpenLDAP client on

destination machine.

The role implements the following:

* Installs OpenLDAP client tools.

* Sets-up global configuration file for OpenLDAP clients at /etc/ldap/ldap.conf.

Parameters

~~~~~~~~~~

**ldap_client_config** (list, mandatory)

  A list of configuration options that should be put into the LDAP configuration

  file. Each item is a dictionary with the following options defining the

  configuration parameter:

  **comment** (string, mandatory)

    Comment that will be shown in the file just above the configuration option.

  **option** (string, mandatory)

    Name of configuration option.

  **value** (string, mandatory)

    Value for configuration option.

Examples

~~~~~~~~

Here is an example configuration for setting some common LDAP client options:

.. code-block:: yaml

  ---

  ldap_client_config:

    - comment: Set the base DN

      option: BASE

      value: dc=example,dc=com

    - comment: Set the default URI

      option: URI

      value: ldap://ldap.example.com/

    - comment: Set the truststore for TLS/SSL

      option: TLS_CACERT

      value: /etc/ssl/certs/example_ca.pem

    - commment: Force basic server certificate verification

      option: TLS_REQCERT

      value: demand

    - comment: Disable CRL checks for server certificate

      option: TLS_CRLCHECK

      value: none

LDAP Server

-----------

The ``ldap_server`` role can be used for setting-up an OpenLDAP server on

destination machine.

The role implements the following:

* Deploys LDAP TLS private key and certificate.

* Installs OpenLDAP server (package ``slapd``).

* Configures OpenLDAP server (base DN - domain, organisation, TLS, SSF, log levels).

* Sets-up separate log file for OpenLDAP server at ``/var/log/slapd.log`` (with

  log rotation included).

* Enables the ``memberof`` overlay on top of default database. The overlay is

  configured to keep track of membership changes for object class

  ``groupOfUniqueNames`` via attribute ``uniqueMember``. Enforcement of

  referential integrity is turned on as well (modifications of ``memberof``

  attribute will update corresponding group as well.

* Configures permissions.

* Creates LDAP entries.

* Configures firewall to allow incoming connections to the LDAP server.

Parameters

~~~~~~~~~~

**ldap_server_config** (list, mandatory)

  A dictionary of configuration options for OpenLDAP server. The following

  configuration options are available:

  **domain** (string, mandatory)

    Domain that should be used for constructing the base DN of default user LDAP

    database. This should be a sub-domain dedicated to organisation. The base DN

    will be constructed by putting all elements of the sub-domain as ``dc``

    entries (as per standard Debian convention). I.e. ``example.com`` would get

    transformed into ``dc=example,dc=com``.

---

- name: Deploy pam-auth-update configuration file for enabling pam_umask

  copy: src=pam_umask dest=/usr/share/pam-configs/umask mode=644 owner=root group=root

  notify: Update PAM configuration

- name: Set login UMASK

  lineinfile: dest=/etc/login.defs state=present backrefs=yes regexp='^UMASK(\s+)' line='UMASK\g<1>027'

- name: Set home directory mask

  lineinfile: dest=/etc/adduser.conf state=present backrefs=yes regexp='^DIR_MODE=' line='DIR_MODE=0750'

- name: Install sudo

  apt: name=sudo state=present

- name: Install ssl-cert package

  apt: name=ssl-cert state=present

- name: Install common packages

  apt: name="{{ item }}" state="present"

  with_items: common_packages

- name: Set-up operating system groups

  group: name="{{ item.name }}" gid="{{ item.gid }}" state=present

  with_items: os_groups

- name: Set-up operating system user groups

  group: name="{{ item.name }}" gid="{{ item.uid }}" state=present

  with_items: os_users

- name: Set-up operating system users

  user: name="{{ item.name }}" uid="{{ item.uid }}" group="{{ item.name }}"

        groups="{{ item.additional_groups }}" append=yes shell=/bin/bash state=present

        password="{{ item.password }}"

  with_items: os_users

- name: Set-up authorised keys

  authorized_key: user="{{ item.0.name }}" key="{{ item.1 }}"

  with_subelements:

    - os_users

    - authorized_keys

- name: Disable remote logins for root

  lineinfile: dest="/etc/ssh/sshd_config" state=present regexp="^PermitRootLogin" line="PermitRootLogin no"

  notify:

    - Restart SSH

- name: Disable remote login authentication via password

  lineinfile: dest="/etc/ssh/sshd_config" state=present regexp="^PasswordAuthentication" line="PasswordAuthentication no"

  notify:

    - Restart SSH

- name: Deploy CA certificates

  copy: src="{{ item }}" dest="/etc/ssl/certs/{{ item | basename }}" mode=644 owner=root group=root

  with_items: ca_certificates

  notify:

    - Update CA certificate cache

- name: Install ferm (for firewall management)

  apt: name=ferm state=installed

- name: Configure ferm init script coniguration file

  copy: src=ferm dest=/etc/default/ferm owner=root group=root mode=644

  notify:

    - Restart ferm

- name: Create directory for storing ferm configuration files

  file: dest="/etc/ferm/conf.d/" mode=750 state=directory owner=root group=root

- name: Deploy main ferm configuration file

  copy: src=ferm.conf dest=/etc/ferm/ferm.conf

  notify:

    - Restart ferm

- name: Deploy ferm base rules

  template: src=00-base.conf.j2 dest=/etc/ferm/conf.d/00-base.conf

            owner=root group=root mode=640

  notify:

    - Restart ferm

- name: Enable ferm service

  service: name=ferm enabled=yes state=started