Prince Joseph asked:
I managed to install Apache Mysql/Mariadb and PHP using a playbook. How can I do mysql_secure_installation using ansible or can I? I am a beginner in Ansible. I want to set a new password to MySQL server and complete all security questions via playbook.
Thank you.
My answer:
I implemented this myself for my MariaDB installations some time back, and before I trusted anyone else to do it correctly. These are the steps I performed:
# mysql_secure_installation
- name: Update MariaDB root password
mysql_user: name=root host={{item}} password={{mysql_root_password}}
with_items:
- 127.0.0.1
- ::1
- localhost
- name: Set ~/.my.cnf file
template: src=dotmy.cnf.j2 dest=/root/.my.cnf mode=0600
# mysql_secure_installation
- name: Delete anonymous MySQL user
mysql_user: name="" host={{item}} state=absent
with_items:
- localhost
- "{{ansible_nodename}}"
# mysql_secure_installation
- name: Delete Hostname based MySQL user
mysql_user: name=root host="{{ansible_nodename}}" state=absent
# mysql_secure_installation
- name: Remove MySQL test database
mysql_db: name=test state=absent
You’ll have to decide how to create mysql_root_password
yourself.
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