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Create Ansible User for AWX Tower

How-to

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1. Add Ansible user

sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash ansible

2. SUDO without password

echo "ansible ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/ansible

3. Add your Public SSH key

sudo mkdir /home/ansible/.ssh

echo "ssh-rsa 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 " | sudo tee /home/ansible/.ssh/authorized_keys

4. Fix Permissions

sudo chown -R ansible:ansible /home/ansible/
sudo chmod 700 /home/ansible/.ssh

5. Disable Password login

sudo usermod -L ansible