From 89deb1b195e14136e0a3e2fe587b3d5efce712c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kevin Lanni Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 11:04:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about ask-become-pass This flag is necessary for Ansible to ask for the sudo password when using the non-root option as documented in the `hosts` file. Otherwise, Ansible errors out with `missing sudo password`. --- docs/installing.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/installing.md b/docs/installing.md index 1e3ebf54..43758ffb 100644 --- a/docs/installing.md +++ b/docs/installing.md @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all **Note**: if you don't use SSH keys for authentication, but rather a regular password, you may need to add `--ask-pass` to the above (and all other) Ansible commands. +**Note**: if you **do** use SSH keys for authentication, **and** use a non-root user to *become* root (sudo), you may need to add `-K` (`--ask-become-pass`) to the above (and all other) Ansible commands. + The above command **doesn't start any services just yet** (another step does this later - below). Feel free to **re-run this setup command any time** you think something is off with the server configuration.