Ansible Role - ubuntu-base

This repo contains the Ubuntu Base (ubuntu_base) Ansible role.

What this role does

This Ansible role will configure some basic system settings, add/remove some common packages, and deploy standard configurations for some common services.

Changes performed:

1. Remove the following packages
   1. landscape-client-ui
   2. landscape-client-ui-install
   3. landscape-client
   4. landscape-common
   5. update-motd
   6. cloud-init
2. Install the following packages
   1. bmon
   2. htop
   3. vim
   4. curl
   5. gnupg2
   6. atop
   7. git
   8. molly-guard
   9. python-pip
   10. python-dev
   11. python3-pip
   12. unzip
   13. psmisc
   14. net-tools
   15. zsh
   16. fzf (Ubuntu 20.04+ only)
   17. locate
3. Set root to use zsh
4. Deploy a custom zshrc system-wide
5. Install and configure ntp to run off the NTP pool using the UTC timezone
6. Install thefuck in python3 and configure it for root with Matthew Ahrenstein's custom rules (Ubuntu 18.04+ only)
7. (Optional) Specify DNS servers for /etc/resolv.conf and disable the SystemD resolver

Variables

The following variables are optional:

1. ubuntu_base.dns_servers - A list of DNS servers to force Ubuntu to use instead of using the SystemD resolver. (Leave this undefined to keep the OS defaults)
2. ubuntu_base.search_domain - The search domain to use in resolv.conf. (This variable is required if ubuntu_base.dns_servers is specified!)
3. ubuntu_base.tzsymlink - The local TZ symlink. (Make sure both TZ variables match the same timezone)
4. ubuntu_base.localtime - The localtime synlink path (Make sure both TZ variables match the same timezone)

Testing

This role is fully tested via Test Kitchen using sample inventory data contained in this repo.
TESTING.md contains details and instructions for testing.

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