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# Ansible Playbook for LXC/Incus Installation (Debian/Ubuntu)
This playbook automates the installation and setup of the **stable** version of Incus on the **local machine** (Debian/Ubuntu). It is designed to be run directly on the server you wish to configure.
## Prerequisites
1. **Ansible & Git:** Must be installed on the machine where you are running the playbook.
```bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ansible git -y
```
2. **Sudo Access:** Your user must have `sudo` privileges to run the playbook.
## How to Run
1. **Setup:** Clone the repository and go to the project directory
```bash
git clone https://git.marmattheo.com/marmattheo/LXC-Incus-stable-setup.git ~/incus-stable && cd ~/incus-stable
```
2. **Execute the Playbook:**
Run the following command from the same directory as the playbook file. It will prompt you for your `sudo` password to perform the administrative tasks.
```bash
ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i inventory.ini --ask-become-pass
```
* `--ask-become-pass`: This flag tells Ansible to prompt for the password needed for privilege escalation (`sudo`).
## Post-Installation Steps
After the playbook completes successfully:
1. **Configure User Access:**
Add your user to incus-admin group
```bash
sudo usermod -aG incus-admin $USER
```
To refresh group membership.
```bash
newgrp incus-admin
```
2. **Initialize Incus:**
Run the interactive initialization and follow the prompts to configure storage pools, networks, and other settings.
```bash
incus admin init
```
> Press 'Enter' all throughout the interactive initialization for defaults
3. **Verify Setup:**
You can test the installation by running.
```bash
incus --version
```
> This should return incus current version i.e., '6.13'
4. **Access the Incus Web UI:**
Ensure Incus is listening on the network:
```bash
incus config set core.https_address [::]:8443
```
Then, access the Web UI at:
```bash
https://localhost:8443
```
> If you're using a remote server use ipv4/ipv6 instead: https://vps-ip:8443
> Follow the self-signed certificate instructions when prompted to start using Incus.
5. **Configure Firewall using ufw (Optional):**
Install and enable ufw:
```bash
sudo apt install ufw -y && sudo ufw enable -y
```
Ensure Incus is listening on the network:
```bash
sudo ufw allow in on incusbr0
sudo ufw route allow in on incusbr0
sudo ufw route allow out on incusbr0
```
5. **Incus Network - Access Containers by Name (Optional):**
Configuring name-to-IP resolution so the host OS can reach Incus containers using their names.
```bash
ansible-playbook incus-network.yml -i inventory.ini --ask-become-pass
```
> After this you should be able to reach your containers via their names or with the domain .incus
> i.e., `sudo ping container_name`, `sudo ping container_name.incus` on terminal or `http://container_name.incus` inside an nginx config