DevOps for the Desperate

2 Using Ansible to Manage Passwords, Users, and Groups

Now that you’ve built your VM, let’s move on to performing administrative tasks like user management. The DevOps practice of automation is key to building and managing resources. To manage any Linux host, you need a basic understanding of the workings of passwords, users, and groups. Users and passwords are the building blocks of identity management, while groups allow you to manage a collection of users and control access to files, directories, and commands. Dividing up responsibilities between users and groups can be the difference between allowing unauthorized access and thwarting ...