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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>First, make sure that root login is permitted on the host.<br />
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Use your favorite text editor.<br />
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sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config<br />
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Inside the config file, set permit root login to yes<br />
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PermitRootLogin Yes<br />
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Restart SSH Service<br />
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/etc/init.d/ssh restart<br />
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If you have not set a password for root, do it now.<br />
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passwd<br />
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Now, if you have not generated an ssh key, do it now.<br />
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ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096<br />
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Send this key to the host.<br />
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ssh-copy-id root@ip.addr_of_host<br />
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Add the host to Ansible<br />
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vim /etc/ansible/hosts<br />
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my_host ansible_hosts=ip.addr_of_host<br />
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To make sure ansible can reach the host, ping it with this command.<br />
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ansible my_host -m ping<br />
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The output should look like this<br />
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my_host | SUCCESS => {<br />
"changed": false,<br />
"ping": "pong"<br />
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