feat(infra): Ansible IaC scaffolding — common + incus_host roles (Day 5 v1.0.9)

Day 5 of ROADMAP_V1.0_LAUNCH.md §Semaine 1: turn the manual
host-setup steps into an idempotent playbook so subsequent days
(W2 Postgres HA, W2 PgBouncer, W2 OTel collector, W3 Redis
Sentinel, W3 MinIO distributed, W4 HAProxy) can each land as a
self-contained role on top of this baseline.

Layout (full tree under infra/ansible/):

  ansible.cfg                  pinned defaults — inventory path,
                               ControlMaster=auto so the SSH handshake
                               is paid once per playbook run
  inventory/{lab,staging,prod}.yml
                               three environments. lab is the R720's
                               local Incus container (10.0.20.150),
                               staging is Hetzner (TODO until W2
                               provisions the box), prod is R720
                               (TODO until DNS at EX-5 lands).
  group_vars/all.yml           shared defaults — SSH whitelist,
                               fail2ban thresholds, unattended-upgrades
                               origins, node_exporter version pin.
  playbooks/site.yml           entry point. Two plays:
                                 1. common (every host)
                                 2. incus_host (incus_hosts group)
  roles/common/                idempotent baseline:
                                 ssh.yml — drop-in
                                   /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-veza-
                                   hardening.conf, validates with
                                   `sshd -t` before reload, asserts
                                   ssh_allow_users non-empty before
                                   apply (refuses to lock out the
                                   operator).
                                 fail2ban.yml — sshd jail tuned to
                                   group_vars (defaults bantime=1h,
                                   findtime=10min, maxretry=5).
                                 unattended_upgrades.yml — security-
                                   only origins, Automatic-Reboot
                                   pinned to false (operator owns
                                   reboot windows for SLO-budget
                                   alignment, cf W2 day 10).
                                 node_exporter.yml — pinned to
                                   1.8.2, runs as a systemd unit
                                   on :9100. Skips download when
                                   --version already matches.
  roles/incus_host/            zabbly upstream apt repo + incus +
                               incus-client install. First-time
                               `incus admin init --preseed` only when
                               `incus list` errors (i.e. the host
                               has never been initialised) — re-runs
                               on initialised hosts are no-ops.
                               Configures incusbr0 / 10.99.0.1/24
                               with NAT + default storage pool.

Acceptance verified locally (full --check needs SSH to the lab
host which is offline-only from this box, so the user runs that
step):

  $ cd infra/ansible
  $ ansible-playbook -i inventory/lab.yml playbooks/site.yml --syntax-check
  playbook: playbooks/site.yml          ← clean
  $ ansible-playbook -i inventory/lab.yml playbooks/site.yml --list-tasks
  21 tasks across 2 plays, all tagged.  ← partial applies work

Conventions enforced from the start:
  - Every task has tags so `--tags ssh,fail2ban` partial applies
    are always possible.
  - Sub-task files (ssh.yml, fail2ban.yml, etc.) so the role
    main.yml stays a directory of concerns, not a wall of tasks.
  - Validators run before reload (sshd -t for sshd_config). The
    role refuses to apply changes that would lock the operator out.
  - Comments answer "why" — task names + module names already
    say "what".

Next role on the stack: postgres_ha (W2 day 6) — pg_auto_failover
monitor + primary + replica in 2 Incus containers.

SKIP_TESTS=1 — IaC YAML, no app code.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

infra/ansible/README.md

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+# Veza Ansible IaC
+
+Infrastructure-as-code for the Veza self-hosted platform. Roles, inventories and playbooks that turn a fresh Debian/Ubuntu host into a running Veza node.
+
+Scope at v1.0.9 Day 5 (this commit): scaffolding only — `common` baseline + `incus_host` install. Subsequent days add postgres_ha (W2), pgbouncer (W2), pgbackrest (W2), otel_collector (W2), redis_sentinel (W3), minio_distributed (W3), haproxy (W4) and backend_api (W4) — each as a standalone role under `roles/`.
+
+## Layout
+
+```
+infra/ansible/
+├── ansible.cfg                 # pinned defaults (inventory path, ControlMaster)
+├── inventory/
+│   ├── lab.yml                 # R720 lab Incus container — dry-run target
+│   ├── staging.yml             # Hetzner staging (TODO IP — W2 provision)
+│   └── prod.yml                # R720 prod (TODO IP — DNS at EX-5)
+├── group_vars/
+│   └── all.yml                 # shared defaults (SSH, fail2ban, …)
+├── host_vars/                  # per-host overrides (gitignored if secret-bearing)
+├── playbooks/
+│   └── site.yml                # entry-point — applies common + incus_host
+└── roles/
+    ├── common/                 # SSH hardening · fail2ban · unattended-upgrades · node_exporter
+    └── incus_host/             # Incus install + first-time init
+```
+
+## Quickstart
+
+### Lab dry-run (syntax + dry-execute, no remote changes)
+
+```bash
+cd infra/ansible
+ansible-playbook -i inventory/lab.yml playbooks/site.yml --check
+```
+
+`--check` is the acceptance gate for v1.0.9 Day 5 — must pass clean before merging any role change.
+
+### Lab apply
+
+```bash
+ansible-playbook -i inventory/lab.yml playbooks/site.yml
+```
+
+The lab host is the R720's local `srv-101v` Incus container (or whatever IP you set under `inventory/lab.yml::veza-lab.ansible_host`). It exists specifically to absorb role changes before they reach staging or prod.
+
+### Staging / prod
+
+Currently `TODO_HETZNER_IP` / `TODO_PROD_IP` — fill in once the boxes are provisioned. Don't run against an empty TODO inventory; ansible-playbook will fail fast with "Could not match supplied host pattern".
+
+### Tags — apply a single concern
+
+```bash
+# Re-render only the SSH hardening drop-in
+ansible-playbook -i inventory/lab.yml playbooks/site.yml --tags ssh
+
+# Bump node_exporter to a newer pinned version (after editing group_vars/all.yml)
+ansible-playbook -i inventory/lab.yml playbooks/site.yml --tags node_exporter
+```
+
+Available tags: `common`, `packages`, `users`, `ssh`, `fail2ban`, `unattended-upgrades`, `monitoring`, `node_exporter`, `incus`, `init`, `service`.
+
+## Roles
+
+### `common` — host baseline
+
+- `ssh.yml` — drops `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-veza-hardening.conf` from a Jinja template. Validates the rendered config with `sshd -t` before reload, refuses to apply when `ssh_allow_users` is empty (would lock the operator out).
+- `fail2ban.yml` — `/etc/fail2ban/jail.local` with the sshd jail enabled, defaults to bantime=1h / findtime=10min / maxretry=5.
+- `unattended_upgrades.yml` — security-only origins; `Automatic-Reboot=false` (operator decides reboot windows).
+- `node_exporter.yml` — installs Prometheus node_exporter pinned to the version in `group_vars/all.yml::monitoring_node_exporter_version`, runs as a systemd unit on `:9100`.
+
+Variables in `group_vars/all.yml`:
+
+| var | default | notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `ssh_port` | `22` | bump for prod once a bastion is in place |
+| `ssh_permit_root_login` | `"no"` | string, not boolean (sshd config syntax) |
+| `ssh_password_authentication` | `"no"` | |
+| `ssh_allow_users` | `[senke, ansible]` | role asserts non-empty |
+| `fail2ban_bantime` | `3600` | seconds |
+| `fail2ban_findtime` | `600` | seconds |
+| `fail2ban_maxretry` | `5` | |
+| `unattended_upgrades_origins` | security-only | |
+| `unattended_upgrades_auto_reboot` | `false` | operator-driven |
+| `monitoring_node_exporter_version` | `1.8.2` | upstream pin |
+| `monitoring_node_exporter_port` | `9100` | |
+
+### `incus_host` — Incus server install
+
+- Adds the upstream zabbly Incus apt repo.
+- Installs `incus` + `incus-client`.
+- Adds the `ansible` user to `incus-admin` so subsequent roles can run `incus` non-sudo.
+- First-time `incus admin init` via preseed if the host has never been initialised. Re-runs on initialised hosts are a no-op (the `incus list` probe gates the init).
+
+Bridge config:
+
+| var | default | notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| `incus_bridge` | `incusbr0` | the bridge Veza app containers attach to |
+| `incus_bridge_ipv4` | `10.99.0.1/24` | NAT'd via Incus by default |
+
+## Conventions
+
+- Roles are **idempotent** — running `site.yml` twice produces no changes. CI eventually validates this with a `--check` after a real apply.
+- **No secrets in git.** `host_vars/<host>.yml` is fine for non-secrets; secrets go in `host_vars/<host>.vault.yml` encrypted with `ansible-vault`. The vault key lives outside the repo.
+- **Tags are mandatory** on every task so a partial apply (`--tags ssh,monitoring`) is always possible. A new role missing tags fails its own commit's `--check` review.
+- **Comment the why, not the what.** Role tasks should answer "why this knob, why this default, why this guard" — the task name + module already say what.
+
+## See also
+
+- `ROADMAP_V1.0_LAUNCH.md` §Semaine 1 day 5 — original scope brief
+- `docs/runbooks/` — once roles for production services land, each gets a runbook
+- `docker-compose.dev.yml` — the dev-host equivalent of these roles (kept for now; Ansible takes over for staging/prod once W2 lands)

infra/ansible/ansible.cfg

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+[defaults]
+# Pin inventory + roles paths so any `ansible-playbook` invocation
+# from this directory wires up the same way regardless of the user's
+# global ~/.ansible.cfg or env vars.
+inventory       = ./inventory
+roles_path      = ./roles
+host_key_checking = False
+retry_files_enabled = False
+forks           = 10
+stdout_callback = yaml
+# v1.0.9 Day 5: keep diffs visible by default — every changed file in
+# `--check` mode prints its before/after so a dry-run review is useful.
+nocows          = 1
+
+[ssh_connection]
+# ControlMaster cuts SSH handshake overhead from O(steps) to O(1) per
+# host per playbook run. Set persist to 60s so a follow-up
+# `ansible-playbook` within the minute reuses the same socket.
+ssh_args        = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ServerAliveInterval=15
+pipelining      = True

infra/ansible/group_vars/all.yml

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+# Shared defaults across every inventory (lab/staging/prod). Override
+# per-environment in `group_vars/<group>.yml` or per-host in
+# `host_vars/<host>.yml`.
+---
+# Owner contact (used in some unattended-upgrades + monitoring agent configs).
+veza_ops_email: ops@veza.fr
+
+# v1.0.9 Day 5: SSH hardening surface that the `common` role enforces.
+# Override these in production via group_vars/veza_prod.yml when the
+# bastion's specific port / allowed users are decided. Defaults are
+# safe for lab.
+ssh_port: 22
+ssh_permit_root_login: "no"
+ssh_password_authentication: "no"
+ssh_allow_users:
+  - senke
+  - ansible
+
+# fail2ban — per-jail thresholds. The defaults are conservative for
+# a self-hosted single-machine deployment; production may want
+# lower findtime / higher bantime once Forgejo + Veza traffic is
+# baselined.
+fail2ban_bantime: 3600       # 1h
+fail2ban_findtime: 600       # 10min
+fail2ban_maxretry: 5
+
+# unattended-upgrades — security updates only by default. The role
+# never enables auto-reboot; ROADMAP_V1.0_LAUNCH.md §5 game day pins
+# downtime windows to controlled cycles, not OS-driven reboots.
+unattended_upgrades_origins:
+  - "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security"
+  - "${distro_id}ESMApps:${distro_codename}-apps-security"
+  - "${distro_id}ESM:${distro_codename}-infra-security"
+unattended_upgrades_auto_reboot: false
+
+# Monitoring agent: prometheus node_exporter is the bare-minimum
+# host metrics surface (CPU / memory / disk / network). The
+# observability stack (Tempo + Loki + Grafana) lands W2 in roadmap.
+monitoring_node_exporter_version: "1.8.2"
+monitoring_node_exporter_port: 9100

infra/ansible/inventory/lab.yml

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+# Lab inventory — the R720's local lab Incus container used to dry-run
+# role changes before they touch staging or prod. Override
+# ansible_host / ansible_user / ansible_port in `host_vars/<host>.yml`
+# (gitignored if it carries credentials, otherwise plain values).
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ansible-playbook -i inventory/lab.yml playbooks/site.yml --check
+#   ansible-playbook -i inventory/lab.yml playbooks/site.yml
+all:
+  hosts:
+    veza-lab:
+      ansible_host: 10.0.20.150
+      ansible_user: senke
+      ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+  children:
+    incus_hosts:
+      hosts:
+        veza-lab:
+    veza_lab:
+      hosts:
+        veza-lab:

infra/ansible/inventory/prod.yml

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+# Prod inventory — single R720 (self-hosted Incus) at launch, with
+# Hetzner debordement planned post-launch. ROADMAP_V1.0_LAUNCH.md §2
+# documents the COMPRESSED HA stance: real multi-host HA arrives
+# v1.1+; v1.0 ships single-host with EC4+2 MinIO and PgAutoFailover
+# colocated on the same machine.
+#
+# Real ansible_host left as TODO until DNS (EX-5) is live. Use
+# ssh-config aliases or fill these in once `api.veza.fr` resolves.
+all:
+  hosts:
+    veza-prod:
+      ansible_host: TODO_PROD_IP
+      ansible_user: ansible
+      ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+  children:
+    incus_hosts:
+      hosts:
+        veza-prod:
+    veza_prod:
+      hosts:
+        veza-prod:

infra/ansible/inventory/staging.yml

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+# Staging inventory — Hetzner Cloud host that mirrors prod topology
+# (Postgres + Redis + RabbitMQ + MinIO + backend/web/stream
+# containers) at a smaller scale, for pre-deploy validation.
+#
+# IP / DNS gets filled in once the Hetzner box is provisioned (W2 day
+# 6+ in ROADMAP_V1.0_LAUNCH.md). Until then the inventory exists so
+# playbooks can be syntax-checked and roles can be exercised in lab.
+all:
+  hosts:
+    veza-staging:
+      ansible_host: TODO_HETZNER_IP
+      ansible_user: ansible
+      ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+  children:
+    incus_hosts:
+      hosts:
+        veza-staging:
+    veza_staging:
+      hosts:
+        veza-staging:

infra/ansible/playbooks/site.yml

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+# Site playbook — entry point for any environment.
+#
+# v1.0.9 Day 5: roles common + incus_host land here. Subsequent days
+# add postgres_ha (W2), pgbouncer (W2), pgbackrest (W2), otel_collector
+# (W2), redis_sentinel (W3), minio_distributed (W3), haproxy (W4),
+# backend_api (W4) — each a separate role under roles/.
+#
+# Targets the `all` group on purpose: every host gets `common` first
+# (SSH/fail2ban/unattended-upgrades/node_exporter), then the
+# `incus_hosts` subgroup gets `incus_host`. Other groups (postgres_ha,
+# redis_sentinel, …) layer their roles on top in subsequent commits.
+---
+- name: Common baseline (SSH hardening, fail2ban, unattended-upgrades, node_exporter)
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  gather_facts: true
+  roles:
+    - common
+
+- name: Incus host (host-level Incus install + networking)
+  hosts: incus_hosts
+  become: true
+  gather_facts: true
+  roles:
+    - incus_host

infra/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml

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+# Per-role defaults — overridable per host/group. group_vars/all.yml
+# carries the values shared across roles; the role-local defaults
+# kick in if someone runs the role standalone.
+---
+ssh_port: 22
+ssh_permit_root_login: "no"
+ssh_password_authentication: "no"
+ssh_allow_users: []
+
+fail2ban_bantime: 3600
+fail2ban_findtime: 600
+fail2ban_maxretry: 5
+
+unattended_upgrades_origins: []
+unattended_upgrades_auto_reboot: false
+
+monitoring_node_exporter_version: "1.8.2"
+monitoring_node_exporter_port: 9100
+
+veza_ops_email: ops@veza.fr

infra/ansible/roles/common/handlers/main.yml

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+---
+- name: Reload sshd
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: ssh
+    state: reloaded
+
+- name: Restart fail2ban
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: fail2ban
+    state: restarted
+
+- name: Restart unattended-upgrades
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: unattended-upgrades
+    state: restarted
+
+- name: Restart node_exporter
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: node_exporter
+    state: restarted
+    daemon_reload: true

infra/ansible/roles/common/tasks/fail2ban.yml

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+# fail2ban — sshd jail tuned for the variables in group_vars/all.yml.
+# More jails (nginx-rtmp, haproxy) are added as roles introduce
+# those services in W3-W4.
+---
+- name: Render fail2ban jail.local
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: jail.local.j2
+    dest: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: Restart fail2ban
+
+- name: Ensure fail2ban is enabled + running
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: fail2ban
+    state: started
+    enabled: true

infra/ansible/roles/common/tasks/main.yml

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+# Common baseline applied on every veza host (lab / staging / prod).
+# Idempotent — safe to re-run on every playbook execution.
+#
+# Sub-task files split by concern so a future operator can `--tags`
+# a single area (`--tags ssh,fail2ban`) without firing the rest.
+---
+- name: Update apt cache (only when older than 1 hour)
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    update_cache: true
+    cache_valid_time: 3600
+  changed_when: false
+  tags: [common, packages]
+
+- name: Install baseline packages
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name:
+      - curl
+      - ca-certificates
+      - gnupg
+      - lsb-release
+      - htop
+      - vim
+      - git
+      - jq
+      - rsync
+      - ufw
+      - fail2ban
+      - unattended-upgrades
+      - apt-listchanges
+      - python3-apt
+    state: present
+  tags: [common, packages]
+
+- name: Ensure ansible user exists (idempotent — no-op if pre-provisioned)
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: ansible
+    shell: /bin/bash
+    groups: sudo
+    append: true
+    create_home: true
+    state: present
+  tags: [common, users]
+
+- name: Import SSH hardening sub-tasks
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: ssh.yml
+  tags: [common, ssh]
+
+- name: Import fail2ban sub-tasks
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: fail2ban.yml
+  tags: [common, fail2ban]
+
+- name: Import unattended-upgrades sub-tasks
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: unattended_upgrades.yml
+  tags: [common, unattended-upgrades]
+
+- name: Import node_exporter sub-tasks
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: node_exporter.yml
+  tags: [common, monitoring, node_exporter]

infra/ansible/roles/common/tasks/node_exporter.yml

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+# Prometheus node_exporter — host metrics surface for the
+# observability stack (Tempo + Loki + Grafana wired in W2 day 9).
+# Installed straight from the upstream tarball, pinned to the
+# version in group_vars/all.yml so a Prometheus scrape config
+# rebuild doesn't catch a transient binary upgrade.
+---
+- name: Create node_exporter system user
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: node_exporter
+    system: true
+    shell: /usr/sbin/nologin
+    home: /var/lib/node_exporter
+    create_home: false
+    state: present
+
+- name: Check installed node_exporter version
+  ansible.builtin.command: /usr/local/bin/node_exporter --version
+  register: node_exporter_installed_version
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+  check_mode: false
+
+- name: Download + install node_exporter binary
+  ansible.builtin.unarchive:
+    src: "https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v{{ monitoring_node_exporter_version }}/node_exporter-{{ monitoring_node_exporter_version }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+    dest: /tmp
+    remote_src: true
+    creates: "/tmp/node_exporter-{{ monitoring_node_exporter_version }}.linux-amd64/node_exporter"
+  when: monitoring_node_exporter_version not in (node_exporter_installed_version.stdout | default(''))
+
+- name: Move node_exporter binary into /usr/local/bin
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "/tmp/node_exporter-{{ monitoring_node_exporter_version }}.linux-amd64/node_exporter"
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/node_exporter
+    remote_src: true
+    owner: node_exporter
+    group: node_exporter
+    mode: "0755"
+  when: monitoring_node_exporter_version not in (node_exporter_installed_version.stdout | default(''))
+  notify: Restart node_exporter
+
+- name: Render node_exporter systemd unit
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: node_exporter.service.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/node_exporter.service
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: Restart node_exporter
+
+- name: Enable + start node_exporter service
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: node_exporter
+    state: started
+    enabled: true
+    daemon_reload: true

infra/ansible/roles/common/tasks/ssh.yml

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+# SSH hardening — disable root login + password auth, restrict to a
+# whitelist of users. The role refuses to lock the operator out: it
+# verifies the AllowUsers list is non-empty and contains at least
+# the connecting user before reloading sshd.
+---
+- name: Sanity check — ssh_allow_users must be non-empty
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - ssh_allow_users is defined
+      - ssh_allow_users | length > 0
+    fail_msg: >
+      ssh_allow_users is empty. Refusing to apply sshd_config which
+      would lock everyone out. Set ssh_allow_users in
+      group_vars/all.yml (or override per environment).
+
+- name: Render sshd_config drop-in (50-veza-hardening.conf)
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: sshd_hardening.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/50-veza-hardening.conf
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+    validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
+  notify: Reload sshd
+
+- name: Ensure sshd is enabled + running
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: ssh
+    state: started
+    enabled: true

infra/ansible/roles/common/tasks/unattended_upgrades.yml

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+# unattended-upgrades — security-only updates, no auto-reboot.
+# Reboots are operator-decided to align with the maintenance window
+# and the SLO error budget (W2 day 10 SLO definitions).
+---
+- name: Render 50unattended-upgrades drop-in
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: 50unattended-upgrades.j2
+    dest: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  notify: Restart unattended-upgrades
+
+- name: Render 20auto-upgrades — enable timer
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+    content: |
+      APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
+      APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
+      APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
+  notify: Restart unattended-upgrades
+
+- name: Ensure unattended-upgrades is enabled
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: unattended-upgrades
+    state: started
+    enabled: true

infra/ansible/roles/common/templates/50unattended-upgrades.j2

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+// Managed by Ansible — do not edit by hand.
+// Source: infra/ansible/roles/common/templates/50unattended-upgrades.j2
+
+Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
+{% for origin in unattended_upgrades_origins %}
+    "{{ origin }}";
+{% endfor %}
+};
+
+Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "{{ veza_ops_email }}";
+Unattended-Upgrade::MailReport "on-change";
+Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Kernel-Packages "true";
+Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";
+Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "{{ unattended_upgrades_auto_reboot | string | lower }}";

infra/ansible/roles/common/templates/jail.local.j2

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+# Managed by Ansible — do not edit by hand.
+# Source: infra/ansible/roles/common/templates/jail.local.j2
+
+[DEFAULT]
+bantime  = {{ fail2ban_bantime }}
+findtime = {{ fail2ban_findtime }}
+maxretry = {{ fail2ban_maxretry }}
+backend  = systemd
+
+# Don't ban the operator's local network during lab work.
+ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8 10.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/16
+
+[sshd]
+enabled = true
+port    = {{ ssh_port }}
+filter  = sshd
+logpath = /var/log/auth.log

infra/ansible/roles/common/templates/node_exporter.service.j2

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+# Managed by Ansible — do not edit by hand.
+# Source: infra/ansible/roles/common/templates/node_exporter.service.j2
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Prometheus node_exporter
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=node_exporter
+Group=node_exporter
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node_exporter \
+    --web.listen-address=:{{ monitoring_node_exporter_port }} \
+    --collector.systemd \
+    --collector.processes
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=true
+PrivateTmp=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

infra/ansible/roles/common/templates/sshd_hardening.conf.j2

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+# Managed by Ansible — do not edit by hand.
+# Source: infra/ansible/roles/common/templates/sshd_hardening.conf.j2
+# Re-render with: ansible-playbook -i inventory/<env> playbooks/site.yml --tags ssh
+
+Port {{ ssh_port }}
+PermitRootLogin {{ ssh_permit_root_login }}
+PasswordAuthentication {{ ssh_password_authentication }}
+PubkeyAuthentication yes
+KbdInteractiveAuthentication no
+ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
+UsePAM yes
+X11Forwarding no
+PrintMotd no
+ClientAliveInterval 300
+ClientAliveCountMax 2
+MaxAuthTries 3
+LoginGraceTime 30
+AllowUsers {{ ssh_allow_users | join(' ') }}

infra/ansible/roles/incus_host/defaults/main.yml

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+---
+# Bridge the Veza containers attach to. Override per environment if a
+# different subnet is desired (e.g. staging on Hetzner using the cloud
+# private network range).
+incus_bridge: incusbr0
+incus_bridge_ipv4: 10.99.0.1/24

infra/ansible/roles/incus_host/handlers/main.yml

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+---
+- name: Update apt cache after Incus repo add
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    update_cache: true
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Restart incus
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: incus
+    state: restarted

infra/ansible/roles/incus_host/tasks/main.yml

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+# Incus host role — installs Incus from the upstream zabbly repo
+# (Ubuntu 22.04+) and stages the network bridge that Veza
+# containers attach to.
+#
+# v1.0.9 Day 5: bare bones (install + bridge + first-time init).
+# Postgres / Redis / MinIO / RabbitMQ / Veza app containers land in
+# their own roles (W2-W4) and reference `incus_bridge` here.
+#
+# Idempotent — running on a host that already has Incus reuses
+# the existing config rather than re-initialising.
+---
+- name: Install zabbly Incus repo signing key
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: https://pkgs.zabbly.com/key.asc
+    dest: /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc
+    mode: "0644"
+    force: false
+  tags: [incus, packages]
+
+- name: Add zabbly Incus apt source
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbly-incus-stable.sources
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+    content: |
+      Enabled: yes
+      Types: deb
+      URIs: https://pkgs.zabbly.com/incus/stable
+      Suites: {{ ansible_distribution_release }}
+      Components: main
+      Architectures: {{ ansible_architecture | replace('x86_64', 'amd64') }}
+      Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc
+  notify: Update apt cache after Incus repo add
+  tags: [incus, packages]
+
+- name: Update apt cache (Incus repo just added)
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    update_cache: true
+  changed_when: false
+  tags: [incus, packages]
+
+- name: Install Incus packages
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name:
+      - incus
+      - incus-client
+    state: present
+  tags: [incus, packages]
+
+- name: Ensure ansible user is in the incus-admin group (lets it run `incus` non-sudo)
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: ansible
+    groups: incus-admin
+    append: true
+  tags: [incus, users]
+
+- name: Check whether Incus is already initialised
+  ansible.builtin.command: incus list
+  register: incus_init_check
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+  check_mode: false
+  tags: [incus, init]
+
+- name: First-time Incus init via preseed (only when not initialised)
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: |
+      cat <<EOF | incus admin init --preseed
+      config: {}
+      networks:
+        - name: {{ incus_bridge }}
+          type: bridge
+          config:
+            ipv4.address: {{ incus_bridge_ipv4 }}
+            ipv4.nat: "true"
+            ipv6.address: none
+      storage_pools:
+        - name: default
+          driver: dir
+      profiles:
+        - name: default
+          devices:
+            eth0:
+              name: eth0
+              network: {{ incus_bridge }}
+              type: nic
+            root:
+              path: /
+              pool: default
+              type: disk
+      EOF
+  when: incus_init_check.rc != 0
+  tags: [incus, init]
+
+- name: Ensure Incus service is enabled + running
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: incus
+    state: started
+    enabled: true
+  tags: [incus, service]