feat: reworked most of the ansible playbooks and roles

ansible/linux-requirements.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+collections:
+  - name: ansible.posix
+    version: 1.5.4
+  - name: community.general
+    version: 8.5.0

ansible/roles/base/defaults/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+enable_cloudinit: false

ansible/roles/base/tasks/debian.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+
 - block:
   - name: "Updating the guest operating system."
     ansible.builtin.apt:
@@ -11,3 +12,10 @@
     ansible.builtin.apt:
       name: "{{ additional_packages[ansible_os_family] }}"
       state: latest     # noqa package-latest
+
+  - name: "Installing cloud-init."
+    become: true
+    ansible.builtin.apt:
+      name: cloud-init
+      state: latest
+    when: enable_cloudinit == 'true' and ansible_distribution_version | int >= 11

ansible/roles/base/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
 
+- name: "Getting guest operating system information."
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "OS: {{ ansible_distribution }} Version: {{ ansible_distribution_version }} Family: {{ ansible_os_family }}"
+
 - name: Prepare the {{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }} guest operating system
   include_tasks: "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}.yml"
   when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Debian'"
@@ -13,7 +17,7 @@
   when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] in ['RedHat', 'CentOS', 'Rocky', 'AlmaLinux', 'OracleLinux']"
 
 - name: Prepare the {{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }} guest operating system
-  include_tasks: "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}.yml"
-  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Suse'"
+  include_tasks: suse.yml
+  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] in ['openSUSE Leap', 'Suse']"
 
 ...

ansible/roles/base/tasks/redhat.yml

@@ -15,5 +15,12 @@
     ansible.builtin.dnf:
       name: "{{ additional_packages[ansible_os_family] }}"
       state: latest     # noqa package-latest
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | int > 8
+
+  - name: "Installing cloud-init."
+    become: true
+    ansible.builtin.dnf:
+      name: cloud-init
+      state: latest
+    when: enable_cloudinit == 'true' and ansible_distribution_version | int >= 8
+  when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version | int >= 8
 

ansible/roles/base/tasks/suse.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,29 @@
 ---
 
-- name: Updating the operating system
+- block:
+  - name: Updating the operating system
     ansible.builtin.zypper:
       name: "*"
       state: latest
       update_cache: true
 
-...
+  - name: Installing additional packages
+    ansible.builtin.zypper:
+      name: "{{ additional_packages[ansible_os_family] }}"
+      state: latest
+
+- name: "Configure cloud-init."
+  block:
+  - name: "Add the SUSE OSS repo."
+    become: true
+    community.general.zypper_repository:
+      name: repo-oss
+      repo: "http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/oss/"
+      auto_import_keys: true
+
+  - name: "Installing cloud-init."
+    become: true
+    ansible.builtin.zypper:
+      name: cloud-init
+      state: latest
+  when: enable_cloudinit == 'true'

ansible/roles/base/vars/main.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ additional_packages:
     - curl
     - unzip
     - wget
+  Suse:
+    - bash-completion
+    - ca-certificates
+    - curl
+    - unzip
+    - wget
   Ubuntu:
     - bash-completion
     - ca-certificates

ansible/roles/clean/tasks/debian.yml

@@ -1,81 +1,93 @@
 ---
+# Tasks for setting custom facts.
+- name: "Setting custom facts."
+  set_fact:
+    enable_cloudinit: "{{ enable_cloudinit | default('false') }}"
 
-- name: Remove audit log files
-  ansible.builtin.file:
+# # Tasks for removing the cloud-init package.
+# - name: "Removing the cloud-init package."
+#   apt:
+#     name: cloud-init
+#     state: absent
+#   when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and enable_cloudinit == 'false'
+
+# Tasks to clean the audit logs.
+- name: "Cleaning the audit logs."
+  file:
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: absent
   loop:
-    - "/var/log/audit/audit.log"
-    - "/var/log/wtmp"
-    - "/var/log/lastlog"
+    - /var/log/audit/audit.log
+    - /var/log/auth.log
+    - /var/log/btmp
+    - /var/log/dpkg.log
+    - /var/log/faillog
+    - /var/log/kern.log
+    - /var/log/lastlog
+    - /var/log/syslog
+    - /var/log/wtmp
 
-- name: Check to see if the /var/log/audit directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.stat:
-    path: "/var/log/audit"
-  register: audit_directory
-
-- name: Ensure /var/log/audit directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /var/log/audit
-    state: directory
-    mode: "0750"
-    owner: root
-    group: adm
-  when: audit_directory.stat.exists
-
-- name: Ensure /var/log/audit/audit.log exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /var/log/audit/audit.log
-    state: touch
-    mode: "0640"
-    owner: root
-    group: adm
-  when: audit_directory.stat.exists
-
-- name: Ensure wtmp and lastlog exist with the correct permissions
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: "{{ item }}"
-    content: ""
-    mode: "0664"
-    owner: root
-    group: utmp
-  loop:
-    - "/var/log/wtmp"
-    - "/var/log/lastlog"
-
-- name: Cleaning persistent udev rules
-  ansible.builtin.file:
+# Tasks to clean the persistent udev rules.
+- name: "Cleaning persistent udev rules."
+  file:
     path: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
     state: absent
 
-- name: "Cleaning the /tmp directories"
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: absent
-  loop:
-    - "/tmp/*"
-    - "/var/tmp/*"
+# Tasks to find the /tmp directories.
+- name: "Finding the /tmp directories."
+  find:
+    paths:
+      - /tmp
+      - /var/tmp
+    file_type: any
+  register: find_tmp_directories
 
-- name: "Cleaning the SSH host keys."
-  shell: |
-    rm -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
-
-- name: remove /etc/machine-id
+# Tasks to clean the /tmp directories.
+- name: "Cleaning the /tmp directories."
   file:
-    path: /etc/machine-id
+    path: "{{ item.path }}"
     state: absent
+  loop: "{{ find_tmp_directories.files }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path }}"
 
-- name: remove /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+# Tasks to find the SSH host keys.
+- name: "Finding the SSH host keys."
+  find:
+    paths: /etc/ssh
+    patterns: 'ssh_host_*'
+  register: find_ssh_host_keys
+
+# Tasks to clean the SSH host keys.
+- name: "Cleaning the SSH host keys."
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop: "{{ find_ssh_host_keys.files }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path }}"
+
+# Tasks to clean the machine-id.
+- name: "Cleaning the machine-id."
+  block:
+    - name: "Emptying the /etc/machine-id."
+      community.general.filesize:
+        path: /etc/machine-id
+        size: 0
+    - name: "Removing /var/lib/dbus/machine-id."
       file:
         path: /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
         state: absent
+    - name: "Creating a symbolic link to /etc/machine-id."
+      file:
+        src: /etc/machine-id
+        dest: /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+        state: link
 
-- name: generate new machine-id
-  command: systemd-machine-id-setup
-
-- name: Cleaning the shell history
-  shell: |
-    unset HISTFILE
-    history -cw
-    echo > ~/.bash_history
-    rm -fr /root/.bash_history
+# Tasks to clean the shell history.
+- name: "Cleaning the shell history."
+  block:
+  - name: "Cleaning the shell history."
+    file:
+      path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.bash_history"
+      state: absent

ansible/roles/clean/tasks/main.yml

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   include_tasks: redhat.yml
   when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] in ['RedHat', 'CentOS', 'Rocky', 'AlmaLinux', 'OracleLinux']"
 
-- name: Prepare the {{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }} guest operating system
-  include_tasks: "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}.yml"
-  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Suse'"
+- name: Cleaning tasks for the {{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }} guest operating system
+  include_tasks: suse.yml
+  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] in ['openSUSE Leap', 'Suse']"
 
 ...

ansible/roles/clean/tasks/redhat.yml

@@ -1,59 +1,92 @@
 ---
-
-- name: "Cleaning all audit logs."
-  shell: |
-    if [ -f /var/log/audit/audit.log ]; then
-    cat /dev/null > /var/log/audit/audit.log
-    fi
-    if [ -f /var/log/wtmp ]; then
-    cat /dev/null > /var/log/wtmp
-    fi
-    if [ -f /var/log/lastlog ]; then
-    cat /dev/null > /var/log/lastlog
-    fi
-
-- name: "Cleaning persistent udev rules."
-  shell: |
-    if [ -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules ]; then
-    rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
-    fi
-
-- name: "Cleaning the /tmp directories"
-  shell: |
-    rm -rf /tmp/*
-    rm -rf /var/tmp/*
-    rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/*
-
+# Tasks to clean the Red Hat Subscription Manager logs.
 - name: "Cleaning the Red Hat Subscription Manager logs."
-  shell: |
-    rm -rf /var/log/rhsm/*
-  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'RedHat'"
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /var/log/rhsm
+    state: absent
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
 
+# Tasks to clean the audit logs.
+- name: "Cleaning the audit logs."
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop:
+    - /var/log/audit/audit.log
+    - /var/log/btmp
+    - /var/log/boot.log
+    - /var/log/cron
+    - /var/log/dnf.log
+    - /var/log/lastlog
+    - /var/log/maillog
+    - /var/log/messages
+    - /var/log/secure
+    - /var/log/wtmp
+    - /var/log/yum.log
+
+# Tasks to clean the persistent udev rules.
+- name: "Cleaning persistent udev rules."
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
+    state: absent
+
+# Tasks to find the /tmp directories.
+- name: "Finding the /tmp directories."
+  ansible.builtin.find:
+    paths:
+      - /tmp
+      - /var/tmp
+    file_type: any
+  register: find_tmp_directories
+
+# Tasks to clean the /tmp directories.
+- name: "Cleaning the /tmp directories."
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop: "{{ find_tmp_directories.files }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path }}"
+
+# Tasks to find the SSH host keys.
+- name: "Finding the SSH host keys."
+  ansible.builtin.find:
+    paths: /etc/ssh
+    patterns: 'ssh_host_*'
+  register: find_ssh_host_keys
+
+# Tasks to clean the SSH host keys.
 - name: "Cleaning the SSH host keys."
-  shell: |
-    rm -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop: "{{ find_ssh_host_keys.files }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path }}"
+
+# Tasks to clean the machine-id.
+- name: "Emptying the /etc/machine-id."
+  community.general.filesize:
+    path: /etc/machine-id
+    size: 0
 
 - name: "Cleaning the machine-id."
-  when: 'ansible_facts[''distribution_major_version''] <= "8"'
-  shell: |
-    truncate -s 0 /etc/machine-id
-    rm /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
-    ln -s /etc/machine-id /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
-
-- name: "Cleaning the machine-id."
-  when: 'ansible_facts[''distribution_major_version''] >= "9"'
-  shell: |
-    truncate -s 0 /etc/machine-id
+  block:
+    - name: "Removing /var/lib/dbus/machine-id."
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+        state: absent
+    - name: "Creating a symbolic link to /etc/machine-id."
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        src: /etc/machine-id
+        dest: /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+        state: link
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | int <= 8
 
+# Tasks to clean the shell history.
 - name: "Cleaning the shell history."
-  shell: |
-    unset HISTFILE
-    history -cw
-    echo > ~/.bash_history
-    rm -fr /root/.bash_history
-
-- name: "Running a sync."
-  shell: |
-    sync && sync
-
-...
+  block:
+  - name: "Cleaning the shell history."
+    ansible.builtin.file:
+      path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.bash_history"
+      state: absent

ansible/roles/clean/tasks/suse.yml

@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 # Tasks to clean the SUSE Customer Center file.
 - name: "Cleaning the SUSE Customer Center file."
-  file:
+  ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /etc/SUSEConnect
     state: absent
+  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] != 'openSUSE Leap'"
 
 # Tasks to clean the audit logs.
 - name: "Cleaning the audit logs."
-  file:
+  ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: absent
   loop:
@@ -24,13 +25,13 @@
 
 # Tasks to clean the persistent udev rules.
 - name: "Cleaning persistent udev rules."
-  file:
+  ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
     state: absent
 
 # Tasks to find the /tmp directories.
 - name: "Finding the /tmp directories."
-  find:
+  ansible.builtin.find:
     paths:
       - /tmp
       - /var/tmp
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 
 # Tasks to clean the /tmp directories.
 - name: "Cleaning the /tmp directories."
-  file:
+  ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ item.path }}"
     state: absent
   loop: "{{ find_tmp_directories.files }}"
@@ -49,14 +50,14 @@
 
 # Tasks to find the SSH host keys.
 - name: "Finding the SSH host keys."
-  find:
+  ansible.builtin.find:
     paths: /etc/ssh
     patterns: 'ssh_host_*'
   register: find_ssh_host_keys
 
 # Tasks to clean the SSH host keys.
 - name: "Cleaning the SSH host keys."
-  file:
+  ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ item.path }}"
     state: absent
   loop: "{{ find_ssh_host_keys.files }}"
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
 - name: "Cleaning the shell history."
   block:
   - name: "Cleaning the shell history."
-    file:
+    ansible.builtin.file:
       path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.bash_history"
       state: absent
 

ansible/roles/clean/tasks/ubuntu.yml

@@ -1,93 +1,93 @@
 ---
+# Tasks for setting custom facts.
+- name: "Setting custom facts."
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    enable_cloudinit: "{{ enable_cloudinit | default('false') }}"
 
-- name: Remove audit log files
+# Tasks for removing the cloud-init package.
+- name: "Removing the cloud-init package."
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: cloud-init
+    state: absent
+  when: enable_cloudinit == 'false'
+
+# Tasks to clean the audit logs.
+- name: "Cleaning the audit logs."
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: absent
   loop:
-    - "/var/log/audit/audit.log"
-    - "/var/log/wtmp"
-    - "/var/log/lastlog"
+    - /var/log/audit/audit.log
+    - /var/log/auth.log
+    - /var/log/btmp
+    - /var/log/dpkg.log
+    - /var/log/faillog
+    - /var/log/kern.log
+    - /var/log/lastlog
+    - /var/log/syslog
+    - /var/log/wtmp
 
-- name: Check to see if the /var/log/audit directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.stat:
-    path: "/var/log/audit"
-  register: audit_directory
-
-- name: Ensure /var/log/audit directory exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /var/log/audit
-    state: directory
-    mode: "0750"
-    owner: root
-    group: adm
-  when: audit_directory.stat.exists
-
-- name: Ensure /var/log/audit/audit.log exists
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /var/log/audit/audit.log
-    state: touch
-    mode: "0640"
-    owner: root
-    group: adm
-  when: audit_directory.stat.exists
-
-- name: Ensure wtmp and lastlog exist with the correct permissions
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: "{{ item }}"
-    content: ""
-    mode: "0664"
-    owner: root
-    group: utmp
-  loop:
-    - "/var/log/wtmp"
-    - "/var/log/lastlog"
-
-- name: Cleaning persistent udev rules
+# Tasks to clean the persistent udev rules.
+- name: "Cleaning persistent udev rules."
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
     state: absent
 
-- name: "Cleaning the /tmp directories"
+# Tasks to find the /tmp directories.
+- name: "Finding the /tmp directories."
+  ansible.builtin.find:
+    paths:
+      - /tmp
+      - /var/tmp
+    file_type: any
+  register: find_tmp_directories
+
+# Tasks to clean the /tmp directories.
+- name: "Cleaning the /tmp directories."
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
+    path: "{{ item.path }}"
     state: absent
-  loop:
-    - "/tmp/*"
-    - "/var/tmp/*"
+  loop: "{{ find_tmp_directories.files }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path }}"
 
-- name: Cleaning the SSH host keys
-  shell: |
-    rm -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
+# Tasks to find the SSH host keys.
+- name: "Finding the SSH host keys."
+  ansible.builtin.find:
+    paths: /etc/ssh
+    patterns: 'ssh_host_*'
+  register: find_ssh_host_keys
 
-- name: remove /etc/machine-id
-  file:
+# Tasks to clean the SSH host keys.
+- name: "Cleaning the SSH host keys."
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop: "{{ find_ssh_host_keys.files }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path }}"
+
+# Tasks to clean the machine-id.
+- name: "Cleaning the machine-id."
+  block:
+    - name: "Emptying the /etc/machine-id."
+      community.general.filesize:
         path: /etc/machine-id
-    state: absent
-
-- name: remove /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
-  file:
+        size: 0
+    - name: "Removing /var/lib/dbus/machine-id."
+      ansible.builtin.file:
         path: /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
         state: absent
+    - name: "Creating a symbolic link to /etc/machine-id."
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        src: /etc/machine-id
+        dest: /var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+        state: link
 
-- name: generate new machine-id
-  command: systemd-machine-id-setup
-
-- name: Clean apt
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    autoclean: yes
-    autoremove: yes
-    clean: yes
-
-- name: Cleaning the shell history
-  shell: |
-    unset HISTFILE
-    history -cw
-    echo > ~/.bash_history
-    rm -fr /root/.bash_history
-
-- name: Clean cloud-init
-  ansible.builtin.command: cloud-init clean
-  when: cloud_init | bool
-
-...
+# Tasks to clean the shell history.
+- name: "Cleaning the shell history."
+  block:
+  - name: "Cleaning the shell history."
+    ansible.builtin.file:
+      path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.bash_history"
+      state: absent

ansible/roles/clean/vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+task_name: "Clean the operating system."

ansible/roles/configure/tasks/debian.yml

@@ -1,37 +1,54 @@
 ---
-- name: "Configure SSH for Public Key Authentication."
-  shell: |
-    sudo sed -i 's/.*PubkeyAuthentication.*/PubkeyAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+# Tasks for setting custom facts.
+- name: "Setting custom facts."
+  set_fact:
+    enable_cloudinit: "{{ enable_cloudinit | default('false') }}"
 
-- name: Creating SSH key regeneration service file
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: /etc/systemd/system/regenerate_ssh_host_keys.service
+# Tasks for configuring SSH for public key authentication.
+- name: "Configuring SSH for Public Key Authentication."
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+    regexp: '^PubkeyAuthentication'
+    line: 'PubkeyAuthentication yes'
+
+# Tasks for setting the hostname.
+- name: "Setting the hostname."
+  hostname:
+    name: "localhost"
+
+# Tasks for restarting the SSH daemon.
+- name: "Restarting the SSH daemon."
+  systemd:
+    name: ssh
+    state: restarted
+    daemon_reload: true
+
+# Tasks for disabling systemd-tmpfiles.
+- name: "Disabling systemd-tmpfiles."
+  replace:
+    path: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf
+    regexp: '^D'
+    replace: '#D'
+
+# Tasks for configuring cloud-init.
+- name: "Configuring cloud-init."
+  block:
+    - name: "Message: Configuring cloud-init"
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Configuring cloud-init"
+    - ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: 'datasource_list: [ ConfigDrive, NoCloud ]'
+        dest: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/90_dpkg.cfg
+  when: enable_cloudinit == 'true'
+
+# Tasks for setting SSH keys to regenerate.
+- name: "Setting SSH keys to regenerate."
+  copy:
+    dest: /etc/rc.local
     content: |
-      [Unit]
-      Description=Regenerate SSH host keys
-      Before=ssh.service
-      ConditionFileIsExecutable=/usr/bin/ssh-keygen
-
-      [Service]
-      Type=oneshot
-      ExecStartPre=-/bin/dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/urandom count=1 bs=4096
-      ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c "/bin/rm -f -v /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*_key*"
-      ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -A -v
-      ExecStartPost=/bin/systemctl disable regenerate_ssh_host_keys
-
-      [Install]
-      WantedBy=multi-user.target
-  when: not cloud_init | bool
-
-- name: Reload systemd to re-read configurations
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    daemon-reload: true
-  when: not cloud_init | bool
-
-- name: Enable regenerate_ssh_host_keys service
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: regenerate_ssh_host_keys
-    enabled: true
-  when: not cloud_init | bool
-
-...
+      #!/bin/bash
+      if test -z "$(find /etc/ssh/ -iname 'ssh_host_*_key*')"; then
+          dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server
+      fi
+      exit 0
+    mode: 0755

ansible/roles/configure/tasks/main.yml

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   include_tasks: redhat.yml
   when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] in ['RedHat', 'CentOS', 'Rocky', 'AlmaLinux', 'OracleLinux']"
 
-- name: Prepare the {{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }} guest operating system
-  include_tasks: "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}.yml"
-  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Suse'"
+- name: Configuration tasks for the {{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }} guest operating system
+  include_tasks: suse.yml
+  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] in ['openSUSE Leap', 'Suse']"
 
 ...

ansible/roles/configure/tasks/redhat.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 ---
-- name: "Configure SSH for Public Key Authentication."
-  shell: |
-    sudo sed -i 's/.*PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
-    sudo sed -i 's/.*PubkeyAuthentication.*/PubkeyAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+# Tasks for unregistering from Red Hat Subscription Manager.
+- name: "Unregistering from Red Hat Subscription Manager."
+  community.general.redhat_subscription:
+    state: absent
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
+  
+# Tasks for configuring SSH for public key authentication.
+- name: "Configuring SSH for Public Key Authentication."
+  block:
+    - ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+        regexp: '^PermitRootLogin'
+        line: 'PermitRootLogin no'
+    - ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+        regexp: '^PubkeyAuthentication'
+        line: 'PubkeyAuthentication yes'
+
+# Tasks for setting the hostname.
+- name: "Setting the hostname."
+  ansible.builtin.hostname:
+    name: "localhost"
+
+# Tasks for disabling SELinux.
+- name: "Disabling SELinux."
+  ansible.builtin.selinux:
+    state: disabled
+    policy: targeted
+
+# Tasks for restarting the SSH daemon.
+- name: "Restarting the SSH daemon."
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: sshd
+    state: restarted
+    daemon_reload: true

ansible/roles/configure/tasks/suse.yml

@@ -1,35 +1,52 @@
 ---
 
+# Tasks for setting custom facts.
+- name: "Setting custom facts."
+  set_fact:
+    enable_cloudinit: "{{ enable_cloudinit | default('false') }}"
+
 # Tasks for unregistering from SUSE Customer Center.
 - name: "Unregistering from SUSE Customer Center."
-  command:
+  ansible.builtin.command:
     cmd: "{{ item }}"
   loop:
     - SUSEConnect -d
     - SUSEConnect --cleanup
+  when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] != 'openSUSE Leap'"
 
 # Tasks for configuring SSH for public key authentication.
 - name: "Configuring SSH for Public Key Authentication."
   block:
-    - lineinfile:
+    - ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
         path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
         regexp: '^PermitRootLogin'
         line: 'PermitRootLogin no'
-    - lineinfile:
+    - ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
         path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
         regexp: '^PubkeyAuthentication'
         line: 'PubkeyAuthentication yes'
 
 # Tasks for setting the hostname.
 - name: "Setting the hostname."
-  hostname:
+  ansible.builtin.hostname:
     name: "localhost"
 
 # Tasks for restarting the SSH daemon.
 - name: "Restarting the SSH daemon."
-  systemd:
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
     name: sshd
     state: restarted
     daemon_reload: true
 
+# Tasks for configuring cloud-init.
+- name: "Configuring cloud-init."
+  block:
+    - name: "Message: Configuring cloud-init"
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Configuring cloud-init"
+    - ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: 'datasource_list: [ ConfigDrive, NoCloud ]'
+        dest: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/90_dpkg.cfg
+  when: enable_cloudinit == 'true'
+
 ...

ansible/roles/configure/tasks/ubuntu.yml

@@ -1,88 +1,62 @@
 ---
-- name: "Configure SSH for Public Key Authentication"
-  shell: |
-    sudo sed -i 's/.*PubkeyAuthentication.*/PubkeyAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+# Tasks for setting custom facts.
+- name: "Setting custom facts."
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    enable_cloudinit: "{{ enable_cloudinit | default('false') }}"
 
-- name: Restarting the SSH daemon
-  ansible.builtin.service:
+# Tasks for configuring SSH for public key authentication.
+- name: "Configuring SSH for Public Key Authentication."
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+    regexp: '^PubkeyAuthentication'
+    line: 'PubkeyAuthentication yes'
+
+# Tasks for setting the hostname.
+- name: "Setting the hostname."
+  ansible.builtin.hostname:
+    name: "localhost"
+
+# Tasks for restarting the SSH daemon.
+- name: "Restarting the SSH daemon."
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
     name: ssh
     state: restarted
+    daemon_reload: true
 
-- name: Remove cloud-init files
-  ansible.builtin.file:
+# Tasks for disabling systemd-tmpfiles.
+- name: "Disabling systemd-tmpfiles."
+  ansible.builtin.replace:
+    path: /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf
+    regexp: '^D'
+    replace: '#D'
+
+# Tasks for configuring cloud-init.
+- name: "Configuring cloud-init."
+  block:
+    - name: "Message: Configuring cloud-init"
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Configuring cloud-init"
+    - ansible.builtin.file:
         path: "{{ item }}"
         state: absent
       loop:
         - /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/subiquity-disable-cloudinit-networking.cfg
-    - /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/50-curtin-networking.cfg
-    - /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/curtin-preserve-sources.cfg
         - /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-installer.cfg
         - /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml
-  when:
-    - cloud_init | bool
-    - ansible_distribution_version == "20.04" or ansible_distribution_version == "22.04" or ansible_distribution_version == "24.04"
-
-- name: Disable cloud-init if configured to 
-  block:
-    - name: Check if /etc/cloud/ exists
-      ansible.builtin.stat:
-        path: '/etc/cloud/'
-      register: etc_cloud_folder
-
-    - name: 'Generate /etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled'
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        dest: '/etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled'
-        content: 'disabled by ansible\n'
-        owner: 'root'
-        group: 'root'
-        mode: '0644'
-      when:
-        - 'etc_cloud_folder.stat.exists'
-  when: 
-    - not cloud_init | bool
-    - ansible_distribution_version == "20.04" or ansible_distribution_version == "22.04" or ansible_distribution_version == "24.04"
-
-- name: Copy cloud-init PVE default file
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    - ansible.builtin.copy:
+        content: 'datasource_list: [ VMware, OVF, None ]'
         dest: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/90_dpkg.cfg
-    content: |
-      datasource_list: [ ConfigDrive, NoCloud ]
-  when: cloud_init | bool
+  when: enable_cloudinit == 'true'
 
-- name: "Modifying GRUB."
-  shell: |
-    sed -i -e "s/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"\(.*\)\"/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"\"/" /etc/default/grub
-    update-grub
-  when: ansible_distribution_version == "20.04" or ansible_distribution_version == "22.04" or ansible_distribution_version == "24.04"
-
-- name: Creating SSH key regeneration service file
+# Tasks for setting SSH keys to regenerate.
+- name: "Setting SSH keys to regenerate."
   ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: /etc/systemd/system/regenerate_ssh_host_keys.service
+    dest: /etc/rc.local
     content: |
-      [Unit]
-      Description=Regenerate SSH host keys
-      Before=ssh.service
-      ConditionFileIsExecutable=/usr/bin/ssh-keygen
-
-      [Service]
-      Type=oneshot
-      ExecStartPre=-/bin/dd if=/dev/hwrng of=/dev/urandom count=1 bs=4096
-      ExecStartPre=-/bin/sh -c "/bin/rm -f -v /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*_key*"
-      ExecStart=/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -A -v
-      ExecStartPost=/bin/systemctl disable regenerate_ssh_host_keys
-
-      [Install]
-      WantedBy=multi-user.target
-  when: not cloud_init | bool
-
-- name: Reload systemd to re-read configurations
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    daemon-reload: true
-  when: not cloud_init | bool
-
-- name: Enable regenerate_ssh_host_keys service
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: regenerate_ssh_host_keys
-    enabled: true
-  when: not cloud_init | bool
+      #!/bin/bash
+      if test -z "$(find /etc/ssh/ -iname 'ssh_host_*_key*')"; then
+          dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server
+      fi
+      exit 0
+    mode: 0755
 

ansible/roles/configure/vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+task_name: "Configure the operating system."

ansible/roles/users/tasks/linux.yml

@@ -1,31 +1,46 @@
 ---
-- name: "Adding authorized_keys for the default local user."
-  shell: |
-    sudo mkdir -p /home/{{BUILD_USERNAME}}/.ssh
-    sudo tee /home/{{BUILD_USERNAME}}/.ssh/authorized_keys << EOF
-    {{BUILD_SECRET}}
-    EOF
-    sudo chown -R {{BUILD_USERNAME}} /home/{{BUILD_USERNAME}}/.ssh
-    sudo chmod 700 /home/{{BUILD_USERNAME}}/.ssh
-    sudo chmod 644 /home/{{BUILD_USERNAME}}/.ssh/authorized_keys
-- name: "Adding the default local user to passwordless sudoers."
-  shell: |
-    sudo bash -c "echo \"""{{BUILD_USERNAME}}"" ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL\" >> /etc/sudoers"
-- name: "Creating a local user for Ansible."
-  shell: |
-    sudo groupadd {{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}
-    sudo useradd -g {{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}} -m -s /bin/bash {{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}
-    sudo usermod -aG sudo {{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}
-    echo {{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}:"$(openssl rand -base64 14)" | sudo chpasswd
-- name: "Adding authorized_keys to the local user for Ansible."
-  shell: |
-    sudo mkdir -p /home/{{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}/.ssh
-    sudo tee /home/{{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}/.ssh/authorized_keys << EOF
-    {{ANSIBLE_SECRET}}
-    EOF
-    sudo chown -R {{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}} /home/{{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}/.ssh
-    sudo chmod 700 /home/{{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}/.ssh
-    sudo chmod 644 /home/{{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}/.ssh/authorized_keys
-- name: "Adding the local user for Ansible to passwordless sudoers."
-  shell: |
-    sudo bash -c "echo \"""{{ANSIBLE_USERNAME}}"" ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL\" >> /etc/sudoers"
+# Tasks for setting custom facts.
+- name: "Setting custom facts."
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    enable_cloudinit: "{{ enable_cloudinit | default('false') }}"
+
+# Tasks for creating the local group for Ansible.
+- name: "Creating the local group for Ansible."
+  ansible.builtin.group:
+    name: "{{ ansible_username }}"
+
+# Tasks for creating the sudo group.
+- name: "Creating the sudo group."
+  ansible.builtin.group:
+    name: sudo
+
+# Tasks for creating the local user for Ansible.
+- name: "Creating the local user for Ansible."
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ ansible_username }}"
+    group: "{{ ansible_username }}"
+    groups: sudo
+    password: '!'
+    shell: /bin/bash
+
+# Tasks for managing the authorized keys for the local users.
+- name: "Managing the authorized keys for the local users."
+  ansible.posix.authorized_key:
+    user: "{{ item.user }}"
+    key: "{{ item.key }}"
+  loop:
+    - user: "{{ ansible_username }}"
+      key: "{{ ansible_key }}"
+    - user: "{{ build_username }}"
+      key: "{{ build_key }}"
+  no_log: true
+
+# Tasks for managing sudoers.d for the local users.
+- name: "Managing sudoers.d for the local users."
+  community.general.sudoers:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    user: "{{ item }}"
+    commands: ALL
+  loop:
+    - "{{ build_username }}"
+    - "{{ ansible_username }}"

ansible/roles/users/vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+task_name: "Configure the operating system users."