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# perform a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.10

# upgrade the kernel to v4.13.10
mkdir ~/kernel-v4.13.10
cd ~/kernel-v4.13.10
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.13.10/linux-headers-4.13.10-041310_4.13.10-041310.201710270531_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.13.10/linux-headers-4.13.10-041310-generic_4.13.10-041310.201710270531_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.13.10/linux-image-4.13.10-041310-generic_4.13.10-041310.201710270531_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

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# configure scroll speed for Magic Mouse
echo 'options hid_magicmouse scroll-speed=55 scroll-acceleration=0 emulate_3button=0' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/hid_magicmouse.conf

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# install Java 8 JDK
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

# install pip
sudo apt-get install python-pip

# install AWS CLI
pip install awscli --user
# add the following to ~/.bashrc: export PATH="~/.local/bin:$PATH"

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# example-inventory.ini

[db]
db.dev.ansibled

[api]
api.dev.ansibled

[webapp]
app.dev.ansibled

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# group_vars/project.ansibled.yml

project: ansibled

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# example-inventory.ini

[db]
db.dev.ansibled
db.dev.moreansible
db.staging.ansibled

[api]
api.dev.ansibled

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- hosts: db
  tasks:
    - name: generate a connection details file from template
      template:
        src: files/db/{{ db_name }}-connection.json.j2
        dest: temp/db/{{ db_name }}-connection.json

    - name: create an S3 bucket
      s3_bucket:
        name: "{{ db_connection_bucket }}"

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# imagining we have some hosts defined in an `elasticsearch` group

- hosts: elasticsearch
  tasks:

    # `when` allows us to define a condition that has to be true for this task to run
    # in this case, it is including another list of tasks to execute using `include_tasks`

    - name: do some sort of required setup
      include_tasks: tasks/setup.yml

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# hosts.inventory

[vpc]
vpc.ansibled

[project.ansibled:children]
vpc

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# group_vars/all.yml
# ---
# global definitions, not too much to go here...

# specify to run Ansible for hosts locally by default, not over SSH
ansible_connection: local