feat: Enhance LXC creation playbook with SSH key injection and new parameters, introduce Ansible configuration, and adjust script paths and secret variable names.

ansible.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[defaults]
+host_key_checking = False
+inventory = inventory/hosts.ini

apt_upgrade.sh

@@ -1 +1 @@
-cd /home/mbuz/git/homelab/Ansible/ && ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts.ini playbooks/apt_upgrade.yml -l ubuntu --extra-vars "@vars.yml" --extra-vars "@secrets.yml"
+cd /opt/ansible/ && ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts.ini playbooks/apt_upgrade.yml -l ubuntu --extra-vars "@vars.yml" --extra-vars "@secrets.yml"

example_secrets.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Copy this into secrets.yml and replate with a real values ###
 
 # Password used for Ansible to connect to LXC as root (if not using SSH keys)
-ansible_password: 'REPLACE_WITH_ROOT_PASSWORD'
+lxc_root_password: 'REPLACE_WITH_ROOT_PASSWORD'
 # Zabbix proxy parameters for connecting to Zabbix server
 zabbix_server_address: 'x.x.x.x'
 zabbix_psk_identity: '<zabbix_psk_identity'

playbooks/README.md

@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ This directory contains automation playbooks for managing the homelab infrastruc
 
 ### `create_lxc.yml`
 **Creates and bootstraps a new LXC container on Proxmox.**
-- **Input**: Prompts for Container Name and IP Address.
+- **Input**: Prompts for Container Name, IP Address, VMID, CPU Cores, and Memory.
 - **Actions**:
-  1. Connects to Proxmox API to create a new unprivileged LXC container (Ubuntu 24.04).
+  1. Connects to Proxmox API to create a new unprivileged LXC container.
-  2. Starts the container and waits for connectivity.
+  2. **Injects SSH Keys**: Uses `vars.yml` to inject public keys directly into `/root/.ssh/authorized_keys` (bypassing password auth).
-  3. Temporarily adds the host to the inventory.
+  3. Starts the container and waits for connectivity.
-  4. Automatically triggers `lxc_setup_ubuntu.yml` to secure the new container.
+  4. Automatically secures the container (creates `mbuz` user, secures SSH, disables root) effectively running the logic of `lxc_setup_ubuntu.yml`.
+  5. Adds the new host to `inventory/hosts.ini` in the `[lxc]` group.
 
 ### `lxc_setup_ubuntu.yml`
 **Secures a fresh Ubuntu installation.**

playbooks/create_lxc.yml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         ostemplate: '{{ proxmox_storage }}:vztmpl/ubuntu-24.04-standard_24.04-2_amd64.tar.zst'
         vmid: "{{ container_id }}"
         hostname: "{{ container_name }}"
-        password: "{{ ansible_password }}"
+        password: "{{ lxc_root_password }}"
         pubkey: "{{ my_public_keys | join('\n') }}"
         netif:
           net0: "name=eth0,gw=10.0.0.1,ip={{ container_ip_cidr }},bridge=vmbr0"