Ansible Playbook Collection

Ansible Playbook Collection

Production-ready playbooks for server provisioning, Docker, Nginx, PostgreSQL, monitoring, and security hardening.

Drop-in playbooks for Ubuntu 22.04+ servers. Each playbook is self-contained with inline comments, uses fully qualified collection names (FQCN), and follows Ansible best practices for idempotency and security.

What You Get

• 6 production playbooks covering the full server lifecycle from bare metal to hardened production
• 1 reusable role (common) with shared tasks, defaults, and handlers
• Multi-environment inventory with production and staging groups
• Centralized variables in group_vars with sensible defaults
• Comprehensive guide on Ansible best practices (1500+ words)

File Tree

ansible-playbook-collection/
├── ansible.cfg                          # Project configuration
├── inventory/
│   └── hosts.yml                        # Multi-environment inventory
├── group_vars/
│   └── all.yml                          # Shared variables for all hosts
├── playbooks/
│   ├── server-setup.yml                 # Base provisioning + common role
│   ├── docker-install.yml               # Docker CE + Compose V2
│   ├── nginx-setup.yml                  # Nginx reverse proxy + TLS
│   ├── postgres-setup.yml               # PostgreSQL 16 + tuning + backups
│   ├── monitoring-setup.yml             # Node Exporter + Promtail
│   └── security-hardening.yml           # SSH + Fail2Ban + auto-upgrades
├── roles/
│   └── common/
│       ├── tasks/main.yml               # Base packages, deploy user, UFW
│       ├── defaults/main.yml            # Default variables
│       └── handlers/main.yml            # Service restart handlers
├── guides/
│   └── ansible-best-practices.md        # Best practices guide
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
└── manifest.json

Getting Started

1. Install Ansible

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y ansible

# macOS
brew install ansible

# pip (any platform)
pip install ansible

2. Configure your inventory

Edit inventory/hosts.yml with your server IPs:

... continues with setup instructions, usage examples, and more.