Abstract
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Xander’s Dot Files and Sundry Store#
Dot files for the masses#
Or just the one guy, you know, whatever.
Minutiae#
Indices and tables#
Readme#
Role Variables#
Name |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Username for the user under operation |
|
The type of user defined as one of these options [ |
Dependencies#
None
Example Playbook#
User shell configuration role example.
- name: Update user shell and settings
hosts: servers
roles:
- role: user
user: luser
urole: user
License#
Copyright © Xander Harris 2025. All rights reserved.
Glossary#
- AD
Short for Active Directory, which is a collection of network services that are intended to provide an enhanced LDAP service.
- Ansible
Ansible is an open source IT automation engine that automates provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, orchestration, and many other IT processes.
- ArchLinux
Arch Linux is a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.
- crowdsec
A free, OSS firewall that takes advantage of the wisdom of crowds.
- dotfiles
A collection of configuration files for a luser’s shell environment.
- DC
Short for Domain Controller, this is a system that manages domain services for a computer network.
- etcd
This is a key value store that is used by Kubernetes Control Planes
- GPG
GnuPG is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880 (also known as PGP).
- netctl
This is a program that allows the configuration of multiple network interfaces on a single system.
For more information on setting up profiles, see netctl.profile(5)
- Router
A piece of network infrastructure that sends network packets to the appropriate destination.
- Sphinx
Sphinx is a static site generator that is used to generate the documentation for this repository.
- sysctl
This is a utility that can be used to configure Linux system options.
See this documentation for more information about how to configure
sysctl.You can also read the related man page, sysctl.d.5.
- systemd
This is a set of programs that manage the boot process and system services for Linux after the kernel has been loaded. It is usually run as PID 1.
- ufw
Un-Complicated Firewall, which is an Ubuntu project designed to make managing Linux firewalls less of a disaster area.