--- - name: Lock down root & SSH on the server hosts: UpskillChallengeNode gather_facts: no tasks: - name: Disable root login over ssh ansible.builtin.lineinfile: path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config regexp: '^PermitRootLogin' line: 'PermitRootLogin no' - name: Disable all users' password login ansible.builtin.lineinfile: path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config regexp: '^PasswordAuthentication' line: 'PasswordAuthentication no' - name: Change SSH port ansible.builtin.lineinfile: path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config regexp: '^#?Port ' line: 'Port 22022' - name: update and upgrade packages ansible.builtin.apt: update_cache: yes upgrade: yes - name: install fail2ban ansible.builtin.apt: package: fail2ban state: present - name: restart ssh service: name: ssh state: restarted