Start – Automated Workstation & Server Initialization

Start is a collection of Ansible-based shell wrappers designed to quickly configure Fedora/Ubuntu workstations and Bastion (GoldenGate) servers running Debian, Oracle Linux, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, or Fedora Server.

📌 Features

• Unified setup for workstations and servers using Ansible roles
• OS-aware scripts for different Linux distributions
• Custom roles for security hardening, package installation, and more
• Fast and repeatable provisioning for personal and enterprise systems

⚙️ Requirements

• Python 3 and python3-pip
• Ansible installed on the control node
• Root access to the target machine

🚀 Quick Start

🖥️ For Workstations

• Fedora Workstation 41

bash w1.ws_fedora.sh

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

bash w2.ws_ubuntu.sh

🖥️ For Servers

• Debian 11

bash s1.srv_deb.sh

• Oracle Linux 8 / AlmaLinux 8 / Rocky Linux 8 / Fedora Server 38

bash s2.srv_rpm8.sh

• Oracle Linux 9 / AlmaLinux 9 / Rocky Linux 9

bash s3.srv_rpm9.sh

📁 Repository Structure

start/
├── plays/               # Ansible playbooks
├── roles/               # Custom roles
├── vars/                # Group and host variable definitions
├── scripts/             # Auxiliary scripts
├── *.sh                 # Launcher scripts per OS
├── ansible.cfg          # Configuration file for Ansible
└── README.md            # Project documentation

🛡️ License

MIT License.

🤝 Contributions

Suggestions and improvements are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

📬 Contact

Author: laspavel

Feel free to reach out with questions or ideas.

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