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doc/source/configuration/security-hardening.rst

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Running the playbooks
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.. note::
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The hosts may need rebooting to fully pick up all of the changes. The CIS
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roles will warn you when this needs to be done, but the actual reboot is left
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as a manual operation to allow you to select a convenient time. Generally, if
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you are applying the hardening for the first time, then you will need to
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reboot.
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As there is potential for unintended side effects when applying the hardening
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playbooks, the playbooks are not currently enabled by default. It is recommended
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that they are first applied to a representative staging environment to determine

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