Ansible role lynis

THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AS OF DEC 2023.

Install and configure lynis on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.lynis

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.cron
    - role: robertdebock.git

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for lynis

# Where to install lynis
lynis_destination: "/tmp/lynis"

# The version to install
lynis_version: "3.0.6"

# Where to save the output of a report.
lynis_output: "{{ lynis_destination }}/{{ ansible_date_time.date }}-audit_system.txt"

# Run lynis on execution of the playbook?
lynis_run_now: yes

# Schedule a repetetive job?
lynis_cronjob: yes

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.cron
robertdebock.git

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
Amazon	Candidate
EL	8, 9
Debian	all
Fedora	all
opensuse	all
Ubuntu	all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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