5. Security & System Administration

Contents:

• 5.1. Encryption by Ansible-Vault
• 5.2. Securing SSH & passwords
  • 5.2.1. Enable host key checking
  • 5.2.2. Disable password-based ssh login and root login
  • 5.2.3. Handling the sudo password
  • 5.2.4. Prompt for SSH password
  • 5.2.5. Using the SSH playbook
• 5.3. Updates
  • 5.3.1. PyPI packages
  • 5.3.2. System packages
  • 5.3.3. Database schemes
  • 5.3.4. Ansible repository
  • 5.3.5. Ansible
• 5.4. Backup & Restore
• 5.5. Firewall
• 5.6. Monitoring