Ansible for Lazy Admins

This blog-style tutorial explains how to use Ansible to automate routine Linux administration tasks — including package updates, reboots, SSH configuration, firewall rules (iptables), fail2ban installation, and Filebeat deployment — with examples of ad-hoc commands and playbook snippets. It is an instructional guide (not an incident or threat report) and notes that some referenced techniques/tools may be outdated.