--- - name: Ensure SSH daemon is running. service: name: "{{ security_sshd_name }}" state: "{{ security_sshd_state }}" - name: Update SSH configuration to be more secure. lineinfile: dest: "{{ security_ssh_config_path }}" regexp: "{{ item.regexp }}" line: "{{ item.line }}" state: present validate: 'sshd -T -f %s' mode: 0644 with_items: - regexp: "^PasswordAuthentication" line: "PasswordAuthentication {{ security_ssh_password_authentication }}" - regexp: "^PermitRootLogin" line: "PermitRootLogin {{ security_ssh_permit_root_login }}" - regexp: "^Port" line: "Port {{ security_ssh_port }}" - regexp: "^UseDNS" line: "UseDNS {{ security_ssh_usedns }}" - regexp: "^PermitEmptyPasswords" line: "PermitEmptyPasswords {{ security_ssh_permit_empty_password }}" - regexp: "^ChallengeResponseAuthentication" line: "ChallengeResponseAuthentication {{ security_ssh_challenge_response_auth }}" - regexp: "^GSSAPIAuthentication" line: "GSSAPIAuthentication {{ security_ssh_gss_api_authentication }}" - regexp: "^X11Forwarding" line: "X11Forwarding {{ security_ssh_x11_forwarding }}" - regexp: "^ListenAddress" line: "ListenAddress {{ ip_admin }}" notify: restart ssh