3 Using Ansible to Configure SSH
SSH is a protocol and tool that provides command line access to a remote host from your own machine. If you are managing a remote host or a fleet of remote hosts, the most common way to access them is over SSH. Most servers are likely to be headless, so the easiest way to access them is from a terminal. Since SSH opens access to a host, misconfiguration or default installations can lead to unauthorized access. As with a lot of Linux services out of the box, the default security settings are adequate for most cases, but you will want to know how to increase security and then automate it. As an engineer, you ...
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