The common role is a meta-role that performs base configuration common to all
Rocky Linux hosts.
This role pulls in the following roles as dependencies:
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| proxmox_instance | Builds a Proxmox VM if host is a member of proxmox_instances |
| dns_records | Creates A, PTR, and CNAME records for the host in FreeIPA |
| gather_facts | Runs the Ansible setup module once the host is reachable. |
| udev | Configures udev rules |
| root_authorized_keys | Sets authorized_keys for the root user |
| root_password | Sets password for the root user |
| polkit | Adds a polkit rule for the specified admin group |
| grub | Configures kernel command line in grub |
| sudo | Configures sudo |
| hostname | Sets the hostname |
| timezone | Sets the timezone |
| journald | Configures systemd journal |
| yum_disable_default_repos | Disables upstream Rocky Linux yum repos |
| yum | Configures internal yum repos |
| dnsmasq | Configures dnsmasq for local DNS caching |
| locale | Sets the locale |
| selinux | Enables SELinux and setroubleshootd |
| qemu_guest_agent | Enables qemu-guest-agent for Proxmox VMs |
| firewalld | Enables local firewall with firewalld |
| chrony | Enables chrony NTP client |
| dnf_automatic | Configures automatic package updates and reboots |
| ssh | Generates global ssh_config |
| tuned | Configures tuned profile |
| motd | Disables cockpit MOTD message |
| packages | Installs common packages |
| postfix_client | Configures postfix client for internal mailserver |
| freeipa_client | Joins host to FreeIPA domain |
| rsyslog_client | Configures rsyslog forwarding to internal syslog server |
| nagios_client | Configures nagios user and plugin scripts |
Example playbook:
- name: apply base configuration
hosts: all
roles:
- common