Ansible Playbook for Local Incus Installation

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

Ansible: Must be installed on the machine where you are running the playbook.
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ansible -y
```
Sudo Access: Your user must have sudo privileges to run the playbook.

How to Run

Customize Variables (Optional): Open playbook.yml and review the vars section.
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.
```
ansible-playbook playbook.yml --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:

Configure User Access:

Add your user to incus-admin group
```
sudo usermod -aG incus-admin $USER
```
To refresh group membership.
```
newgrp incus-admin
```
Initialize Incus: Run the interactive initialization and follow the prompts to configure storage pools, networks, and other settings.
```
incus admin init
```
Verify Setup: You can test the installation by running.
```
incus list
```
Access the Incus Web UI: Ensure Incus is listening on the network:
```
incus config set core.https_address :8443
```

Setup Firewall for ufw (Optional: only if you are using ufw): Ensure Incus is listening on the network:

sudo ufw allow in on incusbr0
sudo ufw route allow in on incusbr0
sudo ufw route allow out on incusbr0

Incus Network - Access Containers by Name (Optional): Configuring name-to-IP resolution so the host OS can reach Incus containers using their names.
```
ansible-playbook incus-network.yml --ask-become-pass
```