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

1. Ansible: Must be installed on the machine where you are running the playbook.

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install ansible -y
   

2. Sudo Access: Your user must have sudo privileges to run the playbook.

How to Run

1. Customize Variables (Optional): Open playbook.yml and review the vars section.

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.

   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:

1. Configure User Access: Add your user to incus-admin group

   sudo usermod -aG incus-admin $USER
   

   To refresh group membership.

   newgrp incus-admin
   

2. Initialize Incus: Run the interactive initialization and follow the prompts to configure storage pools, networks, and other settings.

   incus admin init
   

3. Verify Setup: You can test the installation by running incus list.