Linux Automation Project

Welcome to the Linux Automation Project! 🌟 This repository contains automation scripts and tools designed to streamline server provisioning, configuration management, and deployment tasks for both Linux and systems. Whether you're managing a single server or an entire infrastructure, this project aims to make your life as a sysadmin easier.

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Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Features
3. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
   • Installation
4. Usage
5. Contributing
6. License

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Overview

This project provides automation scripts and playbooks to simplify common sysadmin tasks such as:

• Server provisioning
• Configuration management
• Backup automation
• Monitoring setup

The tools used in this project include:

• Ansible for configuration management
• Shell scripting for lightweight automation
• Terraform for infrastructure provisioning (optional)

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Features

✅ Automate server setup for both Linux
✅ Provision VMs/containers with ease
✅ Deploy services like Nginx, Apache, and more
✅ Backup automation with rsync and cron
✅ Monitor system resources with custom scripts

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed on your system:

• Python 3.x (for Ansible)
• Ansible (pip install ansible)
• SSH access to target servers
• Git (to clone this repository)

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/dani-fernando/linux-automation.git
   cd linux-automation

2. Install Dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure SSH Access: Ensure your SSH key is added to the target servers for passwordless login. You can add your public key to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on each server.

4. Customize Inventory: Edit the inventory.yml file to include the IP addresses or hostnames of your target servers:

   all:
     hosts:
       server1:
         ansible_host: 192.168.1.10
       server2:
         ansible_host: 192.168.1.11

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Usage

1. Run Ansible Playbooks

To automate server setup using Ansible:

ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml playbooks/setup-server.yml

2. Automate Backups

Run the backup script manually or schedule it via cron:

./scripts/backup.sh

To schedule daily backups, add the following to your crontab:

0 2 * * * /path/to/scripts/backup.sh

3. Monitor Resources

Run the monitoring script to check CPU usage:

./scripts/monitor-cpu.sh

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Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature/fix:

   git checkout -b feature-name

3. Commit your changes:

   git commit -m "Add feature/fix description"

4. Push to your fork:

   git push origin feature-name

5. Open a pull request on GitHub.

Please ensure your code follows best practices and includes appropriate documentation.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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Contact

If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out:

• Email: [email protected]
• GitHub: Dani Fernando

Happy automation 🤖✨

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