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• Pre-existing VM: Rocky Linux 9.5 or 8.10, ≥4 GB RAM with a public IP address attached to it. You may create one via:

  • Morpheus UI

  OR

  • Community Hub Item (Terraform under the hood) OpenStack CLI

  OR

  • OpenStack CLITerraform or OpenTofu

• SSH access: In this example, by impersonating the default Linux account of EWC's Rocky Linux VM images via a valid SSH keypair (public key shared with the target VM).

• Local work environment with:

  • Git ≥ 2.0
  • Python ≥ 3.9
  • Ansible ≥ 2.15

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• If unsure, leave whitelisted_ip_ranges unset, or add only trusted networks.

• Dry run before applying changes.

• Test on a staging VM before production rollout.
• Dry run before applying changes:

ansible-playbook --check ssh-bastion-flavour.yml

Troubleshooting

Checkout the troubleshooting documentation of the Item for information on common problems and how to troubleshoot them.

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