FEATURE: Simple playbook for configuring Ansible user implement. One host, simple vault, script to run it. Task creates user, grants sudo

data/secrets template.yaml

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+---
+# Password for Ansible user
+ansible_become_password: p@a$$word
+# SSH key for Ansible user
+ansible_ssh_key: $$h_key
+# Password for the default unprivileged user
+user_password: p@a$$word

data/secrets.yaml

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inventory/deploy/hosts.yaml

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+---
+physical:
+  vars_files:
+    ../../data/secrets.yaml
+  hosts:
+    192.168.0.5:
+      ansible_become_password: "{{ ansible_become_password }}"

inventory/maintain/hosts.yaml

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+---
+

playbooks/deploy.yaml

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+---
+- name: Basic Proxmox guest deployment
+  hosts: all
+  remote_user: root
+  roles:
+    - ../roles/0_basic_postinstall
+  vars_files:
+    ../data/secrets.yaml
+  vars:
+    ansible_user_passwd_hash: "{{ ansible_become_password | password_hash('sha512', 's3edscrj45e6r') }}"
+    user_passwd_hash: "{{ user_password | password_hash('sha512', 's3ed6123jhgcr') }}"
+
+  handlers:
+    - name: restart sshd
+      service:
+        name: sshd
+        state: restarted

roles/0_basic_postinstall/prepare_ansible_user.yaml

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+---
+## Installing packages
+- name: Install sudo on apt systems
+  when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Debian") or 
+        (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Ubuntu")
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - sudo
+    update-cache: yes
+
+- name: Update Alpine packages
+  when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine")
+  command: /sbin/apk update
+
+- name: Install sudo package on Alpine
+  when: (ansible_facts['distribution'] == "Alpine")
+  command: /sbin/apk add sudo
+
+
+## Creating and setting up the ansible user
+## First, create sshusers group to grant ssh access
+- name: Ensure group "sshusers" exists
+  ansible.builtin.group:
+    name: sshusers
+    state: present
+
+## Add the user to its own group, sshusers (for ssh access) and sudo (gain root access)
+- name: Create a new user with a password for Ansible
+  user: 
+    name: ansible
+    password: "{{ ansible_user_passwd_hash }}"
+
+    groups: ansible,sshusers,sudo
+    append: yes
+
+## Since password authentication in SSH will be disabled, we need to add an authorized key 
+- name: Set authorized key taken from file
+  ansible.posix.authorized_key:
+    user: ansible
+    state: present
+    key: "{{ ansible_ssh_key }}"

roles/0_basic_postinstall/tasks/main.yaml

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+---
+- name: Create and set up Ansible user and environment
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: prepare_ansible_user.yaml

run_playbook.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+ansible-playbook -i inventory/deploy/hosts.yaml playbooks/deploy.yaml --private-key ~/.ssh/ansible_key