Vagrant

I ran into some issues this morning setting up a Xenial box via Vagrant. On boot, /var/lib/dpkg was totally locked with nothing I knew to link it to in ps aux. I’ve created a fairly novel solution; my point today was to learn about something new. You should have a basic familiarity with the Linux CLI. If you don’t know what systemd is, that’s not a big deal. Skip to my take on a full solution if you’d like, but make sure to read the disclaimer first.

This is the second in a series of several posts on how to manage ssh via Ansible. It was inspired by a warning from Venafi that gained traction in the blogosphere (read: my Google feed for two weeks). I don’t know many people that observe good ssh security, so my goal is to make it more accessible and (somewhat) streamlined. This post looks at how to quickly and easily mimick common environments in Vagrant.

This is the first in a series of several posts on how to manage ssh via Ansible. It was inspired by a warning from Venafi that gained traction in the blogosphere (read: my Google feed for two weeks). I don’t know many people that observe good ssh security, so my goal is to make it more accessible and (somewhat) streamlined. The Series so Far Code Executive Summary Note Compiling the Series Posts Software Main Windows My Environment Tool Overview ssh Ansible Optional: Vagrant The Series so Far Overview (This section should get updated as series progresses.