installation steps

• Install required packages:

  • sshpass
  • python-passlib

• Copy inventory.example.yml to inventory.yml, modifying fields as adequate.

• Look at group_vars/all/50-vars.yml, and set needed settings in host_vars/<hostname>/vars.yml, or group_vars/all/90-overlay.yml. (Files in group vars with a larger number have more precedence.)

• Look at the following roles, and for each of them override their defaults/vars.yml in host or group vars:

  • networking/connection
  • networking/nameserver
  • caddy
  • containers
  • filesystems
  • firewall
  • syncthing
  • website

• Create vault for secrets:

  ansible-vault create group_vars/all/80-vault.yml
  ansible-vault edit group_vars/all/80-vault.yml
  

  Copy-paste group_vars/all/00-secret_template.yml into this vault, and modify as needed.

• Add secret files:

  # Keyfile for LUKS disk encryption
  dd if=/dev/random of=roles/filesystems/files/host1.secret bs=1024 count=2
  ansible-vault encrypt roles/filesystems/files/host1.secret
  # repeat the above for every host with encrypted external storage
  

• Run the playbook:

  ansible-playbook run.yml --ask-vault-pass