Ubuntu

How to automate the deployment of a web server apache httpd on Debian-like systems with custom web page taking care of downloading, installing, and enabling the service instantly and on boot and open the relevant firewall ports with Ansible modules yum, copy, service ufw. Debian, Ubuntu all the similar distributions.

How to automate the mitigation of Polkit Privilege Escalation — PWNKIT (CVE-2021–4034) on RedHat-like systems using the Ansible Playbook 1.0 published on RHSB-2022–001. Line by line comment and live demo on vulnerable Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5.

How to automate the installation of the docker-ce engine in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS x86_64 (or amd64) using Ansible Playbook. The procedure is going to take care of the GPG signing key, add a repository into the sources list, and install the latest docker-ce package. Included Demo for Debian-like workstation (Debian and Ubuntu).

How to automate the configuration of Kernel Parameters (sysctl, sysfs, and hugepages) in RedHat-like Linux systems using Linux System Role "linux-system-role.kernel_settings" from Ansible Galaxy.

How to automate the Linux Kernel module loading of the "dummy" module with parameters on an example machine with Ansible.

How to automate the Vulnerability Scanner/Detector provided by Red Hat RHSB-2021–009 Log4Shell — Remote Code Execution — log4j (CVE-2021–44228) with Ansible Playbook. Installation of dependency, GPG key verification, Vulnerability Scanner/Detector run, and result display on target Linux machine.