Role Reference
==============


Preseed
-------

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
~~~~~~~~~~

**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.


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.


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.


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