Quickstart a New VM

Use infra-ansible quickstart to baseline a new Common VM fast and safely.

What quickstart does

creates deploy user and SSH key access
hardens SSH policy
configures UFW defaults
installs Docker + Compose plugin
wires Caddy include management

Minimal command path

From infra-ansible/:

ansible-playbook -i '100.x.y.z,' playbooks/quickstart_common.yml -u root

After success:

ssh deploy@100.x.y.z

Safety notes

run quickstart once per new VM baseline
keep public SSH closed unless explicitly required
if public SSH is required, use strict CIDR allowlists

Next step

Move immediately to inventory + vault + release pin setup before any application deploy.

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