refactor(cleanup): add configurable verify_boot, boot_timeout, and remove_on_failure defaults

.yamllint

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+extends: default
+
+rules:
+  document-start: disable
+  line-length:
+    max: 200
+    allow-non-breakable-words: true
+    allow-non-breakable-inline-mappings: true
+  truthy:
+    allowed-values: ["true", "false"]
+    check-keys: false
+  comments:
+    min-spaces-from-content: 1
+  comments-indentation: disable
+  braces:
+    max-spaces-inside: 1
+  octal-values:
+    forbid-implicit-octal: true

ansible.cfg

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [defaults]
 hash_behaviour = merge
+interpreter_python = auto_silent
+deprecation_warnings = False
+host_key_checking = False

roles/bootstrap/tasks/almalinux.yml

@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
       register: bootstrap_almalinux_base_result
       changed_when: bootstrap_almalinux_base_result.rc == 0
 
-    - name: Ensure chroot has resolv.conf
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        src: /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        state: link
-
     - name: Install extra packages
       ansible.builtin.command: >-
         {{ chroot_command }} dnf --releasever={{ os_version }} --setopt=install_weak_deps=False

roles/bootstrap/tasks/alpine.yml

@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@
         lookup('vars', bootstrap_var_key) | reject('equalto', '') | join(' ')
       }}
   block:
-    - name: Ensure chroot has resolv.conf
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        src: /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        state: link
-        force: true
-
     - name: Install Alpine Linux packages
       ansible.builtin.command: >
         apk --root /mnt --no-cache add alpine-base

roles/bootstrap/tasks/fedora.yml

@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
       register: bootstrap_fedora_base_result
       changed_when: bootstrap_fedora_base_result.rc == 0
 
-    - name: Ensure chroot has resolv.conf
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        src: /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        state: link
-
     - name: Install extra packages
       ansible.builtin.command: >-
         {{ chroot_command }} dnf --releasever={{ os_version }} --setopt=install_weak_deps=False

roles/bootstrap/tasks/main.yml

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
     - { src: proc, path: proc, fstype: proc }
     - { src: sysfs, path: sys, fstype: sysfs }
     - { src: /dev, path: dev, fstype: none, opts: bind }
+    - { src: devpts, path: dev/pts, fstype: devpts, opts: "gid=5,mode=620" }
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path }}"
 
 - name: Run OS-specific bootstrap process
   vars:
@@ -39,3 +42,10 @@
       void: void.yml
     bootstrap_var_key: "{{ 'bootstrap_' + (os | replace('-lts', '') | replace('-', '_')) }}"
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "{{ bootstrap_os_task_map[os] }}"
+
+- name: Ensure chroot uses live environment DNS
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    src: /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf
+    dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
+    state: link
+    force: true

roles/bootstrap/tasks/opensuse.yml

@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@
         lookup('vars', bootstrap_var_key) | reject('equalto', '') | join(' ')
       }}
   block:
-    - name: Ensure chroot has resolv.conf
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        src: /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        state: link
-        force: true
-
     - name: Install openSUSE base packages
       ansible.builtin.command: >
         zypper --root /mnt --non-interactive install -t pattern patterns-base-base

roles/bootstrap/tasks/rhel.yml

@@ -13,18 +13,6 @@
         - bootstrap_result.rc != 0
         - "'grub2-common' not in (bootstrap_result.stderr | default(''))"
 
-    - name: Write resolv.conf into chroot
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        mode: "0644"
-        content: |
-          {% for dns in system_cfg.network.dns.servers %}
-          nameserver {{ dns }}
-          {% endfor %}
-          {% if system_cfg.network.dns.search | default([]) | length > 0 %}
-          search {{ system_cfg.network.dns.search | join(' ') }}
-          {% endif %}
-
     - name: Ensure chroot RHEL DVD directory exists
       ansible.builtin.file:
         path: /mnt/usr/local/install/redhat/dvd
@@ -37,7 +25,7 @@
         path: /mnt/usr/local/install/redhat/dvd
         fstype: none
         opts: bind
-        state: mounted
+        state: ephemeral
 
     - name: Rebuild RPM database inside chroot
       ansible.builtin.command: "{{ chroot_command }} rpm --rebuilddb"

roles/bootstrap/tasks/rocky.yml

@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
       register: bootstrap_rocky_base_result
       changed_when: bootstrap_rocky_base_result.rc == 0
 
-    - name: Ensure chroot has resolv.conf
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        src: /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        state: link
-
     - name: Install extra packages
       ansible.builtin.command: >-
         {{ chroot_command }} dnf --releasever={{ os_version }} --setopt=install_weak_deps=False

roles/bootstrap/tasks/ubuntu.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - name: Bootstrap Ubuntu System
   vars:
-    bootstrap_ubuntu_release: >-
+    # ubuntu = latest non-LTS, ubuntu-lts = latest LTS
-      {{ 'plucky' if os == 'ubuntu' else 'noble' }}
+    bootstrap_ubuntu_release_map:
+      ubuntu: plucky
+      ubuntu-lts: noble
+    bootstrap_ubuntu_release: "{{ bootstrap_ubuntu_release_map[os] | default('noble') }}"
     bootstrap_ubuntu_package_config: >-
       {{
         lookup('vars', bootstrap_var_key)
@@ -47,13 +50,6 @@
       register: bootstrap_ubuntu_base_result
       changed_when: bootstrap_ubuntu_base_result.rc == 0
 
-    - name: Ensure chroot has resolv.conf
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: /etc/resolv.conf
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        remote_src: true
-        mode: "0644"
-
     - name: Enable universe repository
       ansible.builtin.command: "{{ chroot_command }} sed -i '1s|$| universe|' /etc/apt/sources.list"
       register: bootstrap_ubuntu_repo_result

roles/bootstrap/tasks/void.yml

@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@
         lookup('vars', bootstrap_var_key) | reject('equalto', '') | join(' ')
       }}
   block:
-    - name: Ensure chroot has resolv.conf
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        src: /run/NetworkManager/resolv.conf
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        state: link
-        force: true
-
     - name: Install Void Linux base packages
       ansible.builtin.command: >
         xbps-install -Sy -r /mnt -R https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current void-repo-nonfree base-system

roles/bootstrap/vars/main.yml

@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 ---
-# Common conditional packages shared across distributions.
+# Common feature-gated packages. Built as a clean list (no empty strings).
-# Arch overrides nftables with iptables-nft; SSH package names vary per distro.
+# Arch overrides nftables → iptables-nft; SSH package names vary per distro.
-bootstrap_common_conditional:
+bootstrap_common_conditional: >-
-  - "{{ 'firewalld' if system_cfg.features.firewall.backend == 'firewalld' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else '' }}"
+  {{
-  - "{{ 'ufw' if system_cfg.features.firewall.backend == 'ufw' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else '' }}"
+    (
-  - "{{ 'iptables' if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'iptables' else '' }}"
+      (['firewalld'] if system_cfg.features.firewall.backend == 'firewalld' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else [])
-  - "{{ 'nftables' if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'nftables' else '' }}"
+      + (['ufw'] if system_cfg.features.firewall.backend == 'ufw' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else [])
-  - "{{ 'cryptsetup' if system_cfg.luks.enabled else '' }}"
+      + (['iptables'] if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'iptables' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else [])
-  - "{{ 'tpm2-tools' if system_cfg.luks.enabled else '' }}"
+      + (['nftables'] if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'nftables' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else [])
-  - "{{ 'qemu-guest-agent' if hypervisor_type in ['libvirt', 'proxmox'] else '' }}"
+      + (['cryptsetup', 'tpm2-tools'] if system_cfg.luks.enabled | bool else [])
-  - "{{ 'open-vm-tools' if hypervisor_type == 'vmware' else '' }}"
+      + (['qemu-guest-agent'] if hypervisor_type in ['libvirt', 'proxmox'] else [])
+      + (['open-vm-tools'] if hypervisor_type == 'vmware' else [])
+    )
+  }}
 
 bootstrap_rhel_base: >-
   {{
@@ -20,13 +23,15 @@ bootstrap_rhel_base: >-
     + bootstrap_common_conditional
   }}
 
-bootstrap_rhel_versioned:
+bootstrap_rhel_versioned: >-
-  - grub2
+  {{
-  - "{{ 'grub2-efi-x64' if os_version_major | default('') == '8' else 'grub2-efi' }}"
+    ['grub2']
-  - "{{ 'grub2-tools-extra' if os_version_major | default('') in ['8', '9'] else '' }}"
+    + (['grub2-efi-x64'] if os_version_major | default('') == '8' else ['grub2-efi'])
-  - "{{ 'python39' if os_version_major | default('') == '8' else 'python' }}"
+    + (['grub2-tools-extra'] if os_version_major | default('') in ['8', '9'] else [])
-  - "{{ 'kernel' if os_version_major | default('') == '10' else '' }}"
+    + (['python39'] if os_version_major | default('') == '8' else ['python'])
-  - "{{ 'zram-generator' if os_version_major | default('') in ['9', '10'] else '' }}"
+    + (['kernel'] if os_version_major | default('') == '10' else [])
+    + (['zram-generator'] if os_version_major | default('') in ['9', '10'] else [])
+  }}
 
 bootstrap_rhel: "{{ bootstrap_rhel_base + bootstrap_rhel_versioned }}"
 
@@ -34,14 +39,14 @@ bootstrap_almalinux: >-
   {{
     bootstrap_rhel_base
     + ['grub2', 'grub2-efi', 'dbus-daemon', 'lrzsz',
-       'nfsv4-client-utils', 'nc', 'ppp', 'zram-generator']
+       'nfsv4-client-utils', 'nc', 'ppp', 'python3', 'zram-generator']
   }}
 
 bootstrap_rocky: >-
   {{
     bootstrap_rhel_base
     + ['grub2', 'grub2-efi', 'nfsv4-client-utils', 'nc', 'ppp',
-       'telnet', 'util-linux-core', 'wget', 'zram-generator']
+       'python3', 'telnet', 'util-linux-core', 'wget', 'zram-generator']
   }}
 
 bootstrap_fedora: >-
@@ -51,28 +56,18 @@ bootstrap_fedora: >-
      'glibc-langpack-de', 'glibc-langpack-en', 'grub2', 'grub2-efi',
      'htop', 'iperf3', 'logrotate', 'lrzsz', 'lvm2',
      'nc', 'nfs-utils', 'nfsv4-client-utils', 'polkit', 'ppp',
-     'ripgrep', 'shim', 'tmux', 'vim-default-editor',
+     'python3', 'ripgrep', 'shim', 'tmux', 'vim-default-editor',
      'wget', 'zoxide', 'zram-generator', 'zstd']
     + bootstrap_common_conditional
   }}
 
-bootstrap_debian_base_common:
+bootstrap_debian_base_common: >-
-  - btrfs-progs
+  {{
-  - cron
+    ['btrfs-progs', 'cron', 'gnupg', 'grub-efi', 'grub-efi-amd64-signed',
-  - gnupg
+     'grub2-common', 'locales', 'logrotate', 'lvm2', 'python3', 'xfsprogs']
-  - grub-efi
+    + (['cryptsetup-initramfs'] if system_cfg.luks.enabled | bool else [])
-  - grub-efi-amd64-signed
+    + (['openssh-server'] if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else [])
-  - grub2-common
+  }}
-  - "{{ 'cryptsetup' if system_cfg.luks.enabled else '' }}"
-  - "{{ 'cryptsetup-initramfs' if system_cfg.luks.enabled else '' }}"
-  - locales
-  - logrotate
-  - lvm2
-  - "{{ 'iptables' if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'iptables' else '' }}"
-  - "{{ 'nftables' if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'nftables' else '' }}"
-  - "{{ 'openssh-server' if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else '' }}"
-  - python3
-  - xfsprogs
 
 bootstrap_debian_extra_common:
   - apparmor-utils
@@ -101,14 +96,16 @@ bootstrap_debian_extra_common:
   - wget
   - zstd
 
-bootstrap_debian_extra_versioned:
+bootstrap_debian_extra_versioned: >-
-  - linux-image-amd64
+  {{
-  - "{{ 'duf' if (os_version | string) not in ['10', '11'] else '' }}"
+    ['linux-image-amd64']
-  - "{{ 'fastfetch' if (os_version | string) in ['13', 'unstable'] else '' }}"
+    + (['duf'] if (os_version | string) not in ['10', '11'] else [])
-  - "{{ 'neofetch' if (os_version | string) == '12' else '' }}"
+    + (['fastfetch'] if (os_version | string) in ['13', 'unstable'] else [])
-  - "{{ 'software-properties-common' if (os_version | string) not in ['13', 'unstable'] else '' }}"
+    + (['neofetch'] if (os_version | string) == '12' else [])
-  - "{{ 'systemd-zram-generator' if (os_version | string) not in ['10', '11'] else '' }}"
+    + (['software-properties-common'] if (os_version | string) not in ['13', 'unstable'] else [])
-  - "{{ 'tldr' if (os_version | string) not in ['13', 'unstable'] else '' }}"
+    + (['systemd-zram-generator'] if (os_version | string) not in ['10', '11'] else [])
+    + (['tldr'] if (os_version | string) not in ['13', 'unstable'] else [])
+  }}
 
 bootstrap_debian:
   base: "{{ bootstrap_debian_base_common }}"
@@ -138,30 +135,36 @@ bootstrap_archlinux: >-
     ['base', 'btrfs-progs', 'cronie', 'dhcpcd', 'efibootmgr', 'fastfetch',
      'fish', 'fzf', 'grub', 'htop', 'libpwquality', 'linux', 'logrotate',
      'lrzsz', 'lsof', 'lvm2', 'ncdu', 'networkmanager', 'nfs-utils',
-     'ppp', 'prometheus-node-exporter', 'python-psycopg2', 'reflector',
+     'ppp', 'python', 'reflector',
-     'rsync', 'sudo', 'tldr', 'tmux', 'vim', 'wireguard-tools', 'zram-generator']
+     'rsync', 'sudo', 'tldr', 'tmux', 'vim', 'zram-generator']
-    + [('openssh' if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else '')]
+    + (['openssh'] if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else [])
-    + [('iptables-nft' if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'nftables' else '')]
+    + (['iptables-nft'] if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'nftables' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else [])
     + (bootstrap_common_conditional | reject('equalto', 'nftables') | list)
   }}
 
 bootstrap_alpine: >-
   {{
-    ['alpine-base', 'vim']
+    ['alpine-base', 'btrfs-progs', 'chrony', 'curl', 'e2fsprogs',
-    + [('openssh' if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else '')]
+     'linux-lts', 'logrotate', 'lvm2', 'python3', 'rsync', 'sudo',
+     'util-linux', 'vim', 'xfsprogs']
+    + (['openssh'] if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else [])
     + bootstrap_common_conditional
   }}
 
 bootstrap_opensuse: >-
   {{
-    ['vim']
+    ['btrfs-progs', 'chrony', 'curl', 'e2fsprogs',
-    + [('openssh' if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else '')]
+     'glibc-locale', 'kernel-default', 'logrotate', 'lvm2', 'NetworkManager',
+     'python3', 'rsync', 'sudo', 'vim', 'xfsprogs']
+    + (['openssh'] if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else [])
     + bootstrap_common_conditional
   }}
 
 bootstrap_void: >-
   {{
-    ['vim']
+    ['btrfs-progs', 'chrony', 'curl', 'dhcpcd', 'e2fsprogs',
-    + [('openssh' if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else '')]
+     'logrotate', 'lvm2', 'python3', 'rsync', 'sudo',
+     'vim', 'xfsprogs']
+    + (['openssh'] if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else [])
     + bootstrap_common_conditional
   }}

roles/cis/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 ---
-cis_permission_targets: >-
+# Platform-specific binary names for CIS permission targets
-  {{
+cis_fusermount_binary: "{{ 'fusermount3' if is_rhel | default(false) | bool else 'fusermount' }}"
-    [
+cis_write_binary: "{{ 'write' if is_rhel | default(false) | bool else 'wall' }}"
-      { "path": "/mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config", "mode": "0600" },
+
-      { "path": "/mnt/etc/cron.hourly", "mode": "0700" },
+cis_permission_targets:
-      { "path": "/mnt/etc/cron.daily", "mode": "0700" },
+  - { path: "/mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config", mode: "0600" }
-      { "path": "/mnt/etc/cron.weekly", "mode": "0700" },
+  - { path: "/mnt/etc/cron.hourly", mode: "0700" }
-      { "path": "/mnt/etc/cron.monthly", "mode": "0700" },
+  - { path: "/mnt/etc/cron.daily", mode: "0700" }
-      { "path": "/mnt/etc/cron.d", "mode": "0700" },
+  - { path: "/mnt/etc/cron.weekly", mode: "0700" }
-      { "path": "/mnt/etc/crontab", "mode": "0600" },
+  - { path: "/mnt/etc/cron.monthly", mode: "0700" }
-      { "path": "/mnt/etc/logrotate.conf", "mode": "0644" },
+  - { path: "/mnt/etc/cron.d", mode: "0700" }
-      { "path": "/mnt/usr/sbin/pppd", "mode": "0754" } if os != "rhel" else None,
+  - { path: "/mnt/etc/crontab", mode: "0600" }
-      {
+  - { path: "/mnt/etc/logrotate.conf", mode: "0644" }
-        "path": "/mnt/usr/bin/"
+  - { path: "/mnt/usr/sbin/pppd", mode: "0754" }
-        + ("fusermount3" if os in ["archlinux", "fedora", "rocky"] or os == "rhel" or (os == "debian" and (os_version | string) == "12") else "fusermount"),
+  - { path: "/mnt/usr/bin/{{ cis_fusermount_binary }}", mode: "0755" }
-        "mode": "755"
+  - { path: "/mnt/usr/bin/{{ cis_write_binary }}", mode: "0755" }
-      },
-      { "path": "/mnt/usr/bin/" + ("write.ul" if os == "debian" and (os_version | string) == "11" else "write"), "mode": "755" }
-    ] | reject("none")
-  }}

roles/cis/tasks/auth.yml

@@ -5,11 +5,19 @@
     regexp: "^(\\s*)umask\\s+\\d+"
     line: "umask 027"
 
+# Non-RHEL/non-Debian distros: loop evaluates to [] (intentional skip)
 - name: Prevent Login to Accounts With Empty Password
   ansible.builtin.replace:
     dest: "{{ item }}"
     regexp: "\\s*nullok"
     replace: ""
-  loop:
+  loop: >-
-    - /mnt/etc/pam.d/system-auth
+    {{
-    - /mnt/etc/pam.d/password-auth
+      ['/mnt/etc/pam.d/system-auth', '/mnt/etc/pam.d/password-auth']
+      if is_rhel | bool
+      else (
+        ['/mnt/etc/pam.d/common-auth', '/mnt/etc/pam.d/common-password']
+        if is_debian | bool
+        else []
+      )
+    }}

roles/cis/tasks/crypto.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Configure System Cryptography Policy
-  when: os == "rhel" or os in ["almalinux", "rocky"]
+  when: os in (os_family_rhel | difference(['fedora']))
   ansible.builtin.command: "{{ chroot_command }} /usr/bin/update-crypto-policies --set DEFAULT:NO-SHA1"
   register: cis_crypto_policy_result
   changed_when: "'Setting system-wide crypto-policies to' in cis_crypto_policy_result.stdout"
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
   ansible.builtin.command: >
     {{ chroot_command }} systemctl mask {{ 'nftables' if system_cfg.features.firewall.toolkit == 'iptables' else 'iptables' }} bluetooth rpcbind
   register: cis_mask_services_result
-  changed_when: cis_mask_services_result.rc == 0
+  changed_when: "'Created symlink' in cis_mask_services_result.stderr"

roles/cis/tasks/modules.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       install hfs             /bin/false
       install hfsplus         /bin/false
       install cramfs          /bin/false
+      # Note: disabling squashfs breaks snap (Ubuntu). Remove for snap-dependent hosts.
       install squashfs        /bin/false
       install udf             /bin/false
       install usb-storage     /bin/false

roles/cis/tasks/permissions.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   ansible.builtin.stat:
     path: "{{ item.path }}"
   loop: "{{ cis_permission_targets }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path }}"
   register: cis_permission_stats
   changed_when: false
 
@@ -13,4 +15,6 @@
     group: "{{ item.item.group | default(omit) }}"
     mode: "{{ item.item.mode }}"
   loop: "{{ cis_permission_stats.results }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.item.path }}"
   when: item.stat.exists

roles/cis/tasks/security_lines.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     - { path: /mnt/etc/security/pwquality.conf, content: ocredit = -1 }
     - { path: /mnt/etc/security/pwquality.conf, content: lcredit = -1 }
     - { path: '/mnt/etc/{{ "bashrc" if is_rhel else "bash.bashrc" }}', content: umask 077 }
-    - { path: '/mnt/etc/{{ "bashrc" if is_rhel else "bash.bashrc" }}', content: export TMOUT=3000 }
+    - { path: '/mnt/etc/{{ "bashrc" if is_rhel else "bash.bashrc" }}', content: export TMOUT=900 }
-    - { path: '/mnt/{{ "usr/lib/systemd/journald.conf" if os == "fedora" else "etc/systemd/journald.conf" }}', content: Storage=persistent }
+    - { path: '/mnt/{{ "usr/lib/systemd/journald.conf" if is_rhel | bool else "etc/systemd/journald.conf" }}', content: Storage=persistent }
     - { path: /mnt/etc/sudoers, content: Defaults        logfile="/var/log/sudo.log" }
     - { path: /mnt/etc/pam.d/su, content: auth required pam_wheel.so }
     - path: >-
@@ -44,3 +44,5 @@
         password [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so obscure sha512 remember=5
     - { path: /mnt/etc/hosts.deny, content: "ALL: ALL" }
     - { path: /mnt/etc/hosts.allow, content: "sshd: ALL" }
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.content }}"

roles/cis/tasks/sshd.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     - { option: GSSAPIAuthentication, value: "no" }
     - { option: AllowAgentForwarding, value: "no" }
     - { option: AllowTcpForwarding, value: "no" }
-    - { option: ChallengeResponseAuthentication, value: "no" }
+    - { option: KbdInteractiveAuthentication, value: "no" }
     - { option: GatewayPorts, value: "no" }
     - { option: X11Forwarding, value: "no" }
     - { option: PermitUserEnvironment, value: "no" }
@@ -29,17 +29,34 @@
     - { option: ClientAliveCountMax, value: "1" }
     - { option: PermitTunnel, value: "no" }
     - { option: Banner, value: /etc/issue.net }
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.option }}"
+
+- name: Detect target OpenSSH version
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
+    set -o pipefail && {{ chroot_command }} ssh -V 2>&1 | grep -oP 'OpenSSH_\K[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
+  register: cis_sshd_openssh_version
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
 
 - name: Append CIS specific configurations to sshd_config
+  vars:
+    cis_sshd_has_mlkem: "{{ (cis_sshd_openssh_version.stdout | default('0.0') is version('9.9', '>=')) }}"
+    cis_sshd_kex: >-
+      {{
+        (['mlkem768x25519-sha256'] if cis_sshd_has_mlkem | bool else [])
+        + ['curve25519-sha256@libssh.org', 'ecdh-sha2-nistp521', 'ecdh-sha2-nistp384', 'ecdh-sha2-nistp256']
+      }}
   ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
     path: /mnt/etc/ssh/sshd_config
     marker: "# {mark} CIS SSH HARDENING"
     block: |-
       ## CIS Specific
-      Protocol 2
       ### Ciphers and keying ###
       RekeyLimit 512M 6h
-      KexAlgorithms  mlkem768x25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp256
+      KexAlgorithms  {{ cis_sshd_kex | join(',') }}
       Ciphers        aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
       MACs           hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com
       ###########################

roles/cis/tasks/sysctl.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
     mode: "0644"
     content: |
       ## CIS Sysctl configurations
+      fs.suid_dumpable=0
+      kernel.dmesg_restrict=1
       kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=1
       kernel.randomize_va_space=2
       # Network
+      # Disable forwarding; override in inventory for routers/containers
       net.ipv4.ip_forward=0
       net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
       net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@
       net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects=0
       net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects=0
       net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects=0
+      # Disable IPv6; override in inventory if IPv6 is needed
       net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
       net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects=0
       net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1

roles/cis/vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+# OS-specific binary names for CIS permission targets.
+# fusermount3 is the modern name; older distros still use fusermount.
+cis_fusermount_binary: >-
+  {{
+    'fusermount3'
+    if (
+      os in ['archlinux', 'fedora', 'rocky', 'rhel']
+      or (os == 'debian' and (os_version | string) not in ['10', '11'])
+      or (os == 'almalinux')
+    )
+    else 'fusermount'
+  }}
+
+# write.ul is the Debian 11 name; all others use write.
+cis_write_binary: >-
+  {{
+    'write.ul'
+    if (os == 'debian' and (os_version | string) == '11')
+    else 'write'
+  }}

roles/cleanup/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 ---
+# Post-reboot verification
+cleanup_verify_boot: true
+cleanup_boot_timeout: 300
+cleanup_remove_on_failure: true
+
+# Libvirt paths
 cleanup_libvirt_image_dir: >-
   {{
     system_cfg.path

roles/cleanup/tasks/libvirt.yml

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
         name: "{{ hostname }}"
         state: running
 
+    # delegate_to inventory_hostname: overrides play-level localhost to run wait_for_connection against the VM
     - name: Wait for VM to boot up
       delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
       ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection:

roles/cleanup/tasks/proxmox.yml

@@ -3,25 +3,32 @@
   when: hypervisor_type == "proxmox"
   delegate_to: localhost
   become: false
-  block:
+  module_defaults:
-    - name: Cleanup Setup Disks
     community.proxmox.proxmox_disk:
       api_host: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
       api_user: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
       api_password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
-        name: "{{ hostname }}"
-        vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
-        disk: "{{ item }}"
-        state: absent
-      loop:
-        - ide0
-        - ide2
-
-    - name: Start the VM
     community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
       api_host: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
       api_user: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
       api_password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
       node: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.host }}"
+  block:
+    - name: Cleanup Setup Disks
+      community.proxmox.proxmox_disk:
+        name: "{{ hostname }}"
+        vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
+        disk: "{{ item }}"
+        state: absent
+      loop: >-
+        {{
+          ['ide0', 'ide2']
+          + (['ide1'] if not (os == 'rhel' and system_cfg.features.rhel_repo.source == 'iso') else [])
+        }}
+      failed_when: false
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Start the VM
+      community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
         vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
         state: restarted

roles/cleanup/tasks/virtual.yml

@@ -6,16 +6,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: shutdown.yml
 
 - name: Cleanup hypervisor resources
-  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: proxmox.yml
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "{{ hypervisor_type }}.yml"
-
-- name: Cleanup vCenter resources
-  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: vmware.yml
-
-- name: Cleanup libvirt resources
-  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: libvirt.yml
-
-- name: Cleanup Xen resources
-  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: xen.yml
 
 - name: Determine post-reboot connectivity
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
@@ -34,25 +25,27 @@
           )
         ) | bool
       }}
-  changed_when: false
 
 - name: Check VM accessibility after reboot
   when:
+    - cleanup_verify_boot | bool
     - system_cfg.type == "virtual"
     - cleanup_post_reboot_can_connect | bool
   block:
     - name: Attempt to connect to VM
       delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
       ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection:
-        timeout: 300
+        timeout: "{{ cleanup_boot_timeout }}"
       register: cleanup_vm_connection_check
       failed_when: false
       changed_when: false
 
     - name: VM failed to boot - initiate cleanup
       when:
+        - cleanup_remove_on_failure | bool
         - cleanup_vm_connection_check is defined
         - cleanup_vm_connection_check.failed | bool
+        - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
       block:
         - name: VM boot failure detected - removing VM
           ansible.builtin.debug:
@@ -61,32 +54,23 @@
               This VM was created in the current playbook run and will be removed
               to prevent orphaned resources.
 
-        - name: Remove VM for libvirt
+        - name: Remove failed libvirt VM
-          when:
+          when: hypervisor_type == "libvirt"
-            - hypervisor_type == "libvirt"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
           delegate_to: localhost
           become: false
+          block:
+            - name: Destroy libvirt VM
               community.libvirt.virt:
                 name: "{{ hostname }}"
                 state: destroyed
+              failed_when: false
 
-        - name: Undefine VM for libvirt
+            - name: Undefine libvirt VM
-          when:
-            - hypervisor_type == "libvirt"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
-          delegate_to: localhost
-          become: false
               community.libvirt.virt:
                 name: "{{ hostname }}"
                 command: undefine
 
-        - name: Remove VM disk for libvirt
+            - name: Remove libvirt VM disks
-          when:
-            - hypervisor_type == "libvirt"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
-          delegate_to: localhost
-          become: false
               ansible.builtin.file:
                 path: "{{ item.path }}"
                 state: absent
@@ -94,83 +78,66 @@
               loop_control:
                 label: "{{ item.path }}"
 
-        - name: Remove cloud-init disk for libvirt
+            - name: Remove libvirt cloud-init disk
-          when:
-            - hypervisor_type == "libvirt"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
-          delegate_to: localhost
-          become: false
               ansible.builtin.file:
                 path: "{{ virtualization_libvirt_cloudinit_path }}"
                 state: absent
 
-        - name: Remove VM for proxmox
+        - name: Remove failed Proxmox VM
-          when:
+          when: hypervisor_type == "proxmox"
-            - hypervisor_type == "proxmox"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
           delegate_to: localhost
           become: false
+          module_defaults:
             community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
               api_host: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
               api_user: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
               api_password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
               node: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.host }}"
+          no_log: true
+          block:
+            - name: Stop Proxmox VM
+              community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
                 name: "{{ hostname }}"
                 vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
                 state: stopped
 
-        - name: Delete VM for proxmox
+            - name: Delete Proxmox VM
-          when:
-            - hypervisor_type == "proxmox"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
-          delegate_to: localhost
-          become: false
               community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
-            api_host: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
-            api_user: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
-            api_password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
-            node: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.host }}"
                 name: "{{ hostname }}"
                 vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
                 state: absent
                 unprivileged: false
 
-        - name: Remove VM for VMware
+        - name: Remove failed VMware VM
-          when:
+          when: hypervisor_type == "vmware"
-            - hypervisor_type == "vmware"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
           delegate_to: localhost
           become: false
+          module_defaults:
             community.vmware.vmware_guest:
               hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
               username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
               password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
               validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
+          no_log: true
+          block:
+            - name: Power off VMware VM
+              community.vmware.vmware_guest:
                 name: "{{ hostname }}"
                 folder: "{{ system_cfg.path | default('/') }}"
                 state: poweredoff
 
-        - name: Delete VM for VMware
+            - name: Delete VMware VM
-          when:
-            - hypervisor_type == "vmware"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
-          delegate_to: localhost
-          become: false
               community.vmware.vmware_guest:
-            hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
-            username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
-            password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
-            validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
                 name: "{{ hostname }}"
                 folder: "{{ system_cfg.path | default('/') }}"
                 state: absent
 
-        - name: Destroy Xen VM if running
+        - name: Remove failed Xen VM
-          when:
+          when: hypervisor_type == "xen"
-            - hypervisor_type == "xen"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
           delegate_to: localhost
           become: false
+          block:
+            - name: Destroy Xen VM if running
               ansible.builtin.command:
                 argv:
                   - xl
@@ -180,12 +147,7 @@
               failed_when: false
               changed_when: cleanup_xen_destroy.rc == 0
 
-        - name: Remove Xen VM disk
+            - name: Remove Xen VM disks
-          when:
-            - hypervisor_type == "xen"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
-          delegate_to: localhost
-          become: false
               ansible.builtin.file:
                 path: "{{ item.path }}"
                 state: absent
@@ -194,11 +156,6 @@
                 label: "{{ item.path }}"
 
             - name: Remove Xen VM config file
-          when:
-            - hypervisor_type == "xen"
-            - virtualization_vm_created_in_run | default(false) | bool
-          delegate_to: localhost
-          become: false
               ansible.builtin.file:
                 path: "/tmp/xen-{{ hostname }}.cfg"
                 state: absent

roles/cleanup/tasks/vmware.yml

@@ -3,36 +3,55 @@
   when: hypervisor_type == "vmware"
   delegate_to: localhost
   become: false
-  block:
+  module_defaults:
-    - name: Remove CD-ROM from VM in vCenter
     community.vmware.vmware_guest:
       hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
       username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
       password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
       validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
       datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
-        name: "{{ hostname }}"
-        cdrom:
-          - controller_number: 0
-            unit_number: 0
-            controller_type: sata
-            type: iso
-            iso_path: "{{ boot_iso }}"
-            state: absent
-          - controller_number: 0
-            unit_number: 1
-            controller_type: sata
-            type: iso
-            iso_path: "{{ rhel_iso if rhel_iso is defined and rhel_iso | length > 0 else omit }}"
-            state: absent
-      failed_when: false
-
-    - name: Start VM in vCenter
     vmware.vmware.vm_powerstate:
       hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
       username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
       password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
       validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
       datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
+  no_log: true
+  block:
+    - name: Remove CD-ROM from VM in vCenter
+      community.vmware.vmware_guest:
+        name: "{{ hostname }}"
+        cdrom: >-
+          {{
+            [
+              {
+                'controller_number': 0,
+                'unit_number': 0,
+                'controller_type': 'sata',
+                'type': 'iso',
+                'iso_path': boot_iso,
+                'state': 'absent'
+              }
+            ]
+            + (
+              [
+                {
+                  'controller_number': 0,
+                  'unit_number': 1,
+                  'controller_type': 'sata',
+                  'type': 'iso',
+                  'iso_path': rhel_iso,
+                  'state': 'absent'
+                }
+              ]
+              if (rhel_iso is defined and rhel_iso | length > 0
+                  and not (os == 'rhel' and system_cfg.features.rhel_repo.source == 'iso'))
+              else []
+            )
+          }}
+      failed_when: false
+
+    - name: Start VM in vCenter
+      vmware.vmware.vm_powerstate:
         name: "{{ hostname }}"
         state: powered-on

roles/cleanup/tasks/xen.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   when: hypervisor_type == "xen"
   delegate_to: localhost
   become: false
+  vars:
+    xen_installer_media_enabled: "{{ xen_installer_media_enabled | default(false) }}"
   block:
     - name: Ensure Xen disk definitions exist
       when: virtualization_xen_disks is not defined

roles/configuration/tasks/banner.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@
         - /mnt/etc/motd.d/insights-client
       failed_when: false
 
+- name: Create login banner
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ item }}"
+    content: |
+      **************************************************************
+      * WARNING: Unauthorized access to this system is prohibited. *
+      * All activities are monitored and logged.                   *
+      * Disconnect immediately if you are not an authorized user.  *
+      **************************************************************
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  loop:
+    - /mnt/etc/issue
+    - /mnt/etc/issue.net
+
 - name: Configure sudo banner
   when: system_cfg.features.banner.sudo | bool
   block:

roles/configuration/tasks/bootloader.yml

@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@
 
     - name: Check existing EFI boot entries
       ansible.builtin.command: efibootmgr
-      register: _efi_entries
+      register: configuration_efi_entries
       changed_when: false
 
     - name: Ensure EFI boot entry exists
-      when: ('* ' + _efi_vendor) not in _efi_entries.stdout
+      when: ('* ' + _efi_vendor) not in configuration_efi_entries.stdout
       ansible.builtin.command: >-
         efibootmgr -c
         -L '{{ _efi_vendor }}'
         -d '{{ install_drive }}'
         -p 1
         -l '\EFI\{{ _efi_vendor }}\{{ _efi_loader }}'
-      register: _efi_entry_result
+      register: configuration_efi_entry_result
-      changed_when: _efi_entry_result.rc == 0
+      changed_when: configuration_efi_entry_result.rc == 0
 
     - name: Ensure lvm2 for non btrfs filesystems
       when: os == "archlinux" and system_cfg.filesystem != "btrfs"

roles/configuration/tasks/encryption.yml

@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
       when: configuration_luks_auto_method == 'keyfile'
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: encryption/keyfile.yml
 
+    - name: Record final LUKS auto-decrypt method
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        configuration_luks_final_method: "{{ configuration_luks_auto_method }}"
+
+    - name: Report LUKS auto-decrypt configuration
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "LUKS auto-decrypt method: {{ configuration_luks_final_method }}"
+
     - name: Build LUKS parameters
       vars:
         luks_keyfile_in_use: "{{ configuration_luks_auto_method == 'keyfile' }}"
@@ -142,7 +150,7 @@
         regexp: "^HOOKS="
         line: >-
           HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect microcode modconf kms keyboard sd-vconsole
-          block sd-encrypt lvm2 filesystems fsck)
+          block sd-encrypt{{ ' lvm2' if system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs' else '' }} filesystems fsck)
 
     - name: Read mkinitcpio configuration
       when: os == 'archlinux'
@@ -246,7 +254,7 @@
         mode: "0644"
         content: "{{ configuration_kernel_cmdline_new }}\n"
 
-    - name: Find BLS entries
+    - name: Find BLS entries for encryption kernel cmdline
       when: is_rhel | bool
       ansible.builtin.find:
         paths: /mnt/boot/loader/entries

roles/configuration/tasks/encryption/keyfile.yml

@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@
       failed_when: false
       no_log: true
 
+    - name: Warn about keyfile enrollment failure
+      when: (configuration_luks_keyfile_unlock_test_after.rc | default(1)) != 0
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: >-
+          LUKS keyfile enrollment failed — falling back to manual unlock at boot.
+          The system will prompt for the LUKS passphrase during startup.
+
     - name: Fallback to manual LUKS unlock if keyfile enrollment failed
       when: (configuration_luks_keyfile_unlock_test_after.rc | default(1)) != 0
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:

roles/configuration/tasks/encryption/tpm2.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Enroll TPM2 for LUKS
   block:
+    # Tempfile in chroot /tmp — accessible by both chroot and host commands
     - name: Create temporary passphrase file for TPM2 enrollment
       ansible.builtin.tempfile:
         path: /mnt/tmp
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@
           chroot stderr={{ configuration_luks_tpm2_enroll_chroot.stderr | default('') }},
           host stderr={{ configuration_luks_tpm2_enroll_host.stderr | default('') }}
   rescue:
+    - name: Warn about TPM2 enrollment failure
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: >-
+          TPM2 enrollment failed — falling back to keyfile auto-decrypt.
+          The system will use a keyfile instead of TPM2 for automatic LUKS unlock.
+
     - name: Fallback to keyfile auto-decrypt
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         configuration_luks_auto_method: keyfile
@@ -87,4 +94,3 @@
       ansible.builtin.file:
         path: "{{ configuration_luks_tpm2_passphrase_tempfile.path }}"
         state: absent
-      changed_when: false

roles/configuration/tasks/extras.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       set smartindent
       set mouse=a
     insertafter: EOF
-    marker: ""
+    marker: "# {mark} CUSTOM VIM CONFIG"
   failed_when: false
 
 - name: Add memory tuning parameters
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       vm.dirty_background_ratio=1
       vm.dirty_ratio=10
       vm.page-cluster=10
-    marker: ""
+    marker: "# {mark} MEMORY TUNING"
     mode: "0644"
 
 - name: Create zram config
@@ -45,28 +45,3 @@
     src: custom.sh.j2
     dest: /mnt/etc/profile.d/custom.sh
     mode: "0644"
-
-- name: Create login banner
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: "{{ item }}"
-    content: |
-      **************************************************************
-      * WARNING: Unauthorized access to this system is prohibited. *
-      * All activities are monitored and logged.                   *
-      * Disconnect immediately if you are not an authorized user.  *
-      **************************************************************
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: "0644"
-  loop:
-    - /mnt/etc/issue
-    - /mnt/etc/issue.net
-
-- name: Remove motd files
-  when: os == "rhel"
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: absent
-  loop:
-    - /mnt/etc/motd.d/cockpit
-    - /mnt/etc/motd.d/insights-client

roles/configuration/tasks/fstab.yml

@@ -23,8 +23,19 @@
     regexp: "(xfs.*?)(attr2)"
     replace: "\\1allocsize=64m"
 
+- name: Remove RHEL ISO fstab entry when not using local repo
+  when:
+    - os == "rhel"
+    - system_cfg.features.rhel_repo.source != "iso"
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /mnt/etc/fstab
+    regexp: "^.*\\/dvd.*$"
+    state: absent
+
 - name: Replace ISO UUID entry with /dev/sr0 in fstab
-  when: os == "rhel"
+  when:
+    - os == "rhel"
+    - system_cfg.features.rhel_repo.source == "iso"
   vars:
     configuration_fstab_dvd_line: >-
       {{
@@ -39,7 +50,10 @@
     state: present
 
 - name: Write image from RHEL ISO to the target machine
-  when: os == "rhel" and hypervisor_type == 'vmware'
+  when:
+    - os == "rhel"
+    - hypervisor_type == "vmware"
+    - system_cfg.features.rhel_repo.source == "iso"
   ansible.builtin.command:
     argv:
       - dd
@@ -63,3 +77,4 @@
     - { regexp: "^tmpfs\\s+/dev/shm\\s+", line: "tmpfs           /dev/shm        tmpfs           defaults,nosuid,nodev,noexec    0 0" }
   loop_control:
     loop_var: fstab_entry
+    label: "{{ fstab_entry.regexp }}"

roles/configuration/tasks/grub.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
       line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=3"
     - regexp: ^GRUB_TIMEOUT=
       line: GRUB_TIMEOUT=1
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.line }}"
 
 - name: Ensure grub defaults file exists for RHEL-based systems
   when: is_rhel | bool
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@
         mode: "0644"
         content: "{{ configuration_kernel_cmdline_base }}\n"
 
-    - name: Find BLS entries
+    - name: Find BLS entries for GRUB configuration
       ansible.builtin.find:
         paths: /mnt/boot/loader/entries
         patterns: "*.conf"

roles/configuration/tasks/locales.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
         line: "{{ item.line }}"
       loop:
         - { regex: "{{ system_cfg.locale }} UTF-8", line: "{{ system_cfg.locale }} UTF-8" }
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.line }}"
 
     - name: Generate locales
       when: not is_rhel | bool
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@
 
     - name: Set hostname
       ansible.builtin.copy:
-        content: "{{ configuration_hostname_fqdn }}"
+        content: "{{ configuration_hostname_fqdn.split('.')[0] }}"
         dest: /mnt/etc/hostname
         mode: "0644"
 

roles/configuration/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 ---
 - name: Include configuration tasks
-  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "{{ configuration_task }}"
+  when: configuration_task.when | default(true)
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "{{ configuration_task.file }}"
   loop:
-    - banner.yml
+    - file: banner.yml
-    - fstab.yml
+    - file: fstab.yml
-    - locales.yml
+    - file: locales.yml
-    - ssh.yml
+    - file: ssh.yml
-    - services.yml
+    - file: services.yml
-    - grub.yml
+    - file: grub.yml
-    - encryption.yml
+    - file: encryption.yml
-    - bootloader.yml
+      when: "{{ system_cfg.luks.enabled | bool }}"
-    - extras.yml
+    - file: bootloader.yml
-    - network.yml
+    - file: extras.yml
-    - users.yml
+    - file: network.yml
-    - sudo.yml
+    - file: users.yml
-    - selinux.yml
+    - file: sudo.yml
+    - file: selinux.yml
+      when: "{{ is_rhel | bool }}"
   loop_control:
     loop_var: configuration_task
+    label: "{{ configuration_task.file }}"

roles/configuration/tasks/network.yml

@@ -29,88 +29,9 @@
       - configuration_detected_interfaces | length > 0
     fail_msg: Failed to detect any network interfaces.
 
-- name: Configure NetworkManager profiles
+- name: Configure networking
-  when: os not in ["alpine", "void"]
-  block:
-    - name: Copy NetworkManager keyfile per interface
   vars:
-        configuration_iface: "{{ item }}"
+    configuration_network_task_map:
-        configuration_iface_name: "{{ configuration_detected_interfaces[idx] | default('eth' ~ idx) }}"
+      alpine: network_alpine.yml
-        configuration_net_uuid: "{{ ('LAN-' ~ idx ~ '-' ~ hostname) | ansible.builtin.to_uuid }}"
+      void: network_void.yml
-      ansible.builtin.template:
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "{{ configuration_network_task_map[os] | default('network_nm.yml') }}"
-        src: network.j2
-        dest: "/mnt/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/LAN-{{ idx }}.nmconnection"
-        mode: "0600"
-      loop: "{{ system_cfg.network.interfaces }}"
-      loop_control:
-        index_var: idx
-        label: "LAN-{{ idx }}"
-
-    - name: Fix Ubuntu unmanaged devices
-      when: os in ["ubuntu", "ubuntu-lts"]
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /mnt/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf
-        state: touch
-        mode: "0644"
-
-- name: Configure Alpine networking
-  when: os == "alpine"
-  vars:
-    configuration_dns_list: "{{ system_cfg.network.dns.servers | default([]) }}"
-  block:
-    - name: Write Alpine network interfaces
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        dest: /mnt/etc/network/interfaces
-        mode: "0644"
-        content: |
-          auto lo
-          iface lo inet loopback
-          {% for iface in system_cfg.network.interfaces %}
-          {% set iface_name = configuration_detected_interfaces[loop.index0] | default(iface.name | default('eth' ~ loop.index0)) %}
-          {% set has_static = (iface.ip | default('') | string | length) > 0 %}
-
-          auto {{ iface_name }}
-          iface {{ iface_name }} inet {{ 'static' if has_static else 'dhcp' }}
-          {% if has_static %}
-            address {{ iface.ip }}/{{ iface.prefix }}
-          {% if iface.gateway | default('') | string | length %}
-            gateway {{ iface.gateway }}
-          {% endif %}
-          {% endif %}
-          {% endfor %}
-
-    - name: Set Alpine DNS resolvers
-      when: configuration_dns_list | length > 0
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
-        mode: "0644"
-        content: |
-          {% for resolver in configuration_dns_list %}
-          nameserver {{ resolver }}
-          {% endfor %}
-
-- name: Configure Void networking
-  when: os == "void"
-  vars:
-    configuration_dns_list: "{{ system_cfg.network.dns.servers | default([]) }}"
-  block:
-    - name: Write dhcpcd configuration
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        dest: /mnt/etc/dhcpcd.conf
-        mode: "0644"
-        content: |
-          {% for iface in system_cfg.network.interfaces %}
-          {% set iface_name = configuration_detected_interfaces[loop.index0] | default(iface.name | default('eth' ~ loop.index0)) %}
-          {% set has_static = (iface.ip | default('') | string | length) > 0 %}
-          {% if has_static %}
-          interface {{ iface_name }}
-          static ip_address={{ iface.ip }}/{{ iface.prefix }}
-          {% if iface.gateway | default('') | string | length %}
-          static routers={{ iface.gateway }}
-          {% endif %}
-          {% if loop.index0 == 0 and configuration_dns_list | length > 0 %}
-          static domain_name_servers={{ configuration_dns_list | join(' ') }}
-          {% endif %}
-
-          {% endif %}
-          {% endfor %}

roles/configuration/tasks/network_alpine.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+- name: Write Alpine network interfaces
+  vars:
+    configuration_dns_list: "{{ system_cfg.network.dns.servers | default([]) }}"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /mnt/etc/network/interfaces
+    mode: "0644"
+    content: |
+      auto lo
+      iface lo inet loopback
+      {% for iface in system_cfg.network.interfaces %}
+      {% set inv_name = iface.name | default('') | string %}
+      {% set det_name = configuration_detected_interfaces[loop.index0] | default('eth' ~ loop.index0) %}
+      {% set iface_name = inv_name if inv_name | length > 0 else det_name %}
+      {% set has_static = (iface.ip | default('') | string | length) > 0 %}
+
+      auto {{ iface_name }}
+      iface {{ iface_name }} inet {{ 'static' if has_static else 'dhcp' }}
+      {% if has_static %}
+        address {{ iface.ip }}/{{ iface.prefix }}
+      {% if iface.gateway | default('') | string | length %}
+        gateway {{ iface.gateway }}
+      {% endif %}
+      {% endif %}
+      {% endfor %}
+
+- name: Set Alpine DNS resolvers
+  vars:
+    configuration_dns_list: "{{ system_cfg.network.dns.servers | default([]) }}"
+  when: configuration_dns_list | length > 0
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
+    mode: "0644"
+    content: |
+      {% for resolver in configuration_dns_list %}
+      nameserver {{ resolver }}
+      {% endfor %}

roles/configuration/tasks/network_nm.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+- name: Copy NetworkManager keyfile per interface
+  vars:
+    configuration_iface: "{{ item }}"
+    configuration_iface_name: >-
+      {{
+        item.name
+        if (item.name | default('') | string | length) > 0
+        else (configuration_detected_interfaces[idx] | default('eth' ~ idx))
+      }}
+    configuration_net_uuid: "{{ ('LAN-' ~ idx ~ '-' ~ hostname) | ansible.builtin.to_uuid }}"
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: network.j2
+    dest: "/mnt/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/LAN-{{ idx }}.nmconnection"
+    mode: "0600"
+  loop: "{{ system_cfg.network.interfaces }}"
+  loop_control:
+    index_var: idx
+    label: "LAN-{{ idx }}"
+
+- name: Fix Ubuntu unmanaged devices
+  when: os in ["ubuntu", "ubuntu-lts"]
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /mnt/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf
+    state: touch
+    mode: "0644"

roles/configuration/tasks/network_void.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+- name: Write dhcpcd configuration
+  vars:
+    configuration_dns_list: "{{ system_cfg.network.dns.servers | default([]) }}"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /mnt/etc/dhcpcd.conf
+    mode: "0644"
+    content: |
+      {% for iface in system_cfg.network.interfaces %}
+      {% set inv_name = iface.name | default('') | string %}
+      {% set det_name = configuration_detected_interfaces[loop.index0] | default('eth' ~ loop.index0) %}
+      {% set iface_name = inv_name if inv_name | length > 0 else det_name %}
+      {% set has_static = (iface.ip | default('') | string | length) > 0 %}
+      {% if has_static %}
+      interface {{ iface_name }}
+      static ip_address={{ iface.ip }}/{{ iface.prefix }}
+      {% if iface.gateway | default('') | string | length %}
+      static routers={{ iface.gateway }}
+      {% endif %}
+      {% if loop.index0 == 0 and configuration_dns_list | length > 0 %}
+      static domain_name_servers={{ configuration_dns_list | join(' ') }}
+      {% endif %}
+
+      {% endif %}
+      {% endfor %}

roles/configuration/tasks/services.yml

@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 ---
-- name: Enable Systemd Services
+- name: Enable systemd services
   when: os not in ['alpine', 'void']
-  ansible.builtin.command: >
+  vars:
-    {{ chroot_command }} systemctl enable NetworkManager
+    configuration_systemd_services: >-
-    {{ ' firewalld' if system_cfg.features.firewall.backend == 'firewalld' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else '' }}
-    {{ ' ufw' if system_cfg.features.firewall.backend == 'ufw' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else '' }}
       {{
-      (' ssh' if is_debian | bool else ' sshd')
+        ['NetworkManager']
-      if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else ''
+        + (['firewalld'] if system_cfg.features.firewall.backend == 'firewalld' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else [])
+        + (['ufw'] if system_cfg.features.firewall.backend == 'ufw' and system_cfg.features.firewall.enabled | bool else [])
+        + ([('ssh' if is_debian | bool else 'sshd')] if system_cfg.features.ssh.enabled | bool else [])
+        + (['logrotate', 'systemd-timesyncd'] if os == 'archlinux' else [])
       }}
-    {{
+  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ chroot_command }} systemctl enable {{ item }}"
-      'logrotate systemd-resolved systemd-timesyncd systemd-networkd'
+  loop: "{{ configuration_systemd_services }}"
-      if os == 'archlinux' else ''
+  register: configuration_enable_service_result
-    }}
+  changed_when: configuration_enable_service_result.rc == 0
-  register: configuration_enable_services_result
-  changed_when: configuration_enable_services_result.rc == 0
 
 - name: Enable OpenRC services
   when: os == 'alpine'
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
         path: "/mnt/etc/init.d/{{ item }}"
       loop: "{{ configuration_openrc_services }}"
       register: configuration_openrc_service_stats
-      changed_when: false
 
     - name: Enable OpenRC services
       ansible.builtin.file:
@@ -45,6 +43,8 @@
         dest: "/mnt/etc/runlevels/default/{{ item.item }}"
         state: link
       loop: "{{ configuration_openrc_service_stats.results }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.item }}"
       when: item.stat.exists
 
 - name: Enable runit services
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
         path: "/mnt/etc/sv/{{ item }}"
       loop: "{{ configuration_runit_services }}"
       register: configuration_runit_service_stats
-      changed_when: false
 
     - name: Enable runit services
       ansible.builtin.file:
@@ -76,4 +75,6 @@
         dest: "/mnt/var/service/{{ item.item }}"
         state: link
       loop: "{{ configuration_runit_service_stats.results }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.item }}"
       when: item.stat.exists

roles/configuration/tasks/users.yml

@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
 ---
 - name: Set root password
-  vars:
+  ansible.builtin.shell: >-
-    configuration_root_cmd: >-
+    set -o pipefail &&
-      {{ chroot_command }} /usr/sbin/usermod --password
+    echo 'root:{{ system_cfg.root.password | password_hash("sha512") }}' | {{ chroot_command }} chpasswd -e
-      '{{ system_cfg.root.password | password_hash('sha512') }}' root --shell /bin/bash
+  args:
-  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ configuration_root_cmd }}"
+    executable: /bin/bash
   register: configuration_root_result
   changed_when: configuration_root_result.rc == 0
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Set root shell
+  ansible.builtin.command: >-
+    {{ chroot_command }} /usr/sbin/usermod --shell {{ system_cfg.root.shell | default('/bin/bash') }} root
+  register: configuration_root_shell_result
+  changed_when: configuration_root_shell_result.rc == 0
 
 - name: Create user accounts
   vars:
     configuration_user_group: >-
       {{ "sudo" if is_debian | bool else "wheel" }}
+    # UID starts at 1000; safe for fresh installs only
     configuration_useradd_cmd: >-
       {{ chroot_command }} /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home --user-group
       --uid {{ 1000 + ansible_loop.index0 }}
       --groups {{ configuration_user_group }} {{ item.name }}
-      --password {{ item.password | password_hash('sha512') }} --shell /bin/bash
+      --password {{ item.password | password_hash('sha512') }} --shell {{ item.shell | default('/bin/bash') }}
   ansible.builtin.command: "{{ configuration_useradd_cmd }}"
   loop: "{{ system_cfg.users }}"
   loop_control:
@@ -24,6 +32,7 @@
     label: "{{ item.name }}"
   register: configuration_user_result
   changed_when: configuration_user_result.rc == 0
+  no_log: true
 
 - name: Ensure .ssh directory exists
   when: item['keys'] | default([]) | length > 0

roles/configuration/templates/network.j2

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ method=manual
 method=auto
 {% endif %}
 {% if idx | int == 0 and dns_list %}
-dns={{ dns_list | join(';') }}
+dns={{ dns_list | join(';') }};
 ignore-auto-dns=true
 {% endif %}
 {% if idx | int == 0 and search_list %}
-dns-search={{ search_list | join(';') }}
+dns-search={{ search_list | join(';') }};
 {% endif %}
 
 [ipv6]

roles/environment/tasks/main.yml

@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
               replace: "PermitEmptyPasswords yes"
             - regexp: "^#?PermitRootLogin.*"
               replace: "PermitRootLogin yes"
+          loop_control:
+            label: "{{ item.replace }}"
 
         - name: Reload SSH service to apply changes
           ansible.builtin.service:
@@ -175,6 +177,8 @@
             - { name: debootstrap, os: [debian, ubuntu, ubuntu-lts] }
             - { name: debian-archive-keyring, os: [debian] }
             - { name: ubuntu-keyring, os: [ubuntu, ubuntu-lts] }
+          loop_control:
+            label: "{{ item.name }}"
           retries: 4
           delay: 15
 
@@ -187,15 +191,29 @@
                 state: directory
                 mode: "0755"
 
+            - name: Detect RHEL ISO device
+              ansible.builtin.command: lsblk -rno NAME,TYPE
+              register: environment_lsblk_result
+              changed_when: false
+
             - name: Select RHEL ISO device
+              vars:
+                _rom_devices: >-
+                  {{
+                    environment_lsblk_result.stdout_lines
+                    | map('split', ' ')
+                    | selectattr('1', 'equalto', 'rom')
+                    | map('first')
+                    | map('regex_replace', '^', '/dev/')
+                    | list
+                  }}
               ansible.builtin.set_fact:
                 environment_rhel_iso_device: >-
                   {{
-                    '/dev/sr2'
+                    _rom_devices[-1]
-                    if hypervisor_type == 'libvirt'
+                    if _rom_devices | length > 1
-                    else '/dev/sr1'
+                    else (_rom_devices[0] | default('/dev/sr1'))
                   }}
-              changed_when: false
 
             - name: Mount RHEL ISO
               ansible.posix.mount:
@@ -205,6 +223,10 @@
                 opts: "ro,loop"
                 state: mounted
 
+        # Security note: RPM Sequoia signature policy is relaxed to allow
+        # bootstrapping RHEL-family distros from the Arch ISO, where the
+        # host rpm/dnf does not trust target distro GPG keys. Package
+        # integrity is verified by the target system's own rpm after reboot.
         - name: Relax RPM Sequoia signature policy for RHEL bootstrap
           when: is_rhel | bool
           ansible.builtin.copy:

roles/global_defaults/defaults/main.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
 ---
+# OS family lists — single source of truth for platform detection and validation
+os_family_rhel:
+  - almalinux
+  - fedora
+  - rhel
+  - rocky
+os_family_debian:
+  - debian
+  - ubuntu
+  - ubuntu-lts
+os_supported:
+  - almalinux
+  - alpine
+  - archlinux
+  - debian
+  - fedora
+  - opensuse
+  - rhel
+  - rocky
+  - ubuntu
+  - ubuntu-lts
+  - void
+
 # User input. Normalized into hypervisor_cfg + hypervisor_type.
 hypervisor:
   type: "none"
@@ -83,6 +106,9 @@ system_defaults:
     banner:
       motd: false
       sudo: true
+    rhel_repo:
+      source: "iso" # iso|satellite|none — how RHEL systems get packages post-install
+      url: ""       # Satellite/custom repo URL when source=satellite
     chroot:
       tool: "arch-chroot" # arch-chroot|chroot|systemd-nspawn
 

roles/global_defaults/tasks/_normalize_disks.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+---
+- name: Normalize system disks input
+  vars:
+    system_disks: "{{ system_cfg.disks | default([]) }}"
+    system_disk_letter_map: "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+    system_disk_device_prefix: >-
+      {{
+        {'libvirt': '/dev/vd', 'xen': '/dev/xvd', 'proxmox': '/dev/sd', 'vmware': '/dev/sd'}.get(hypervisor_type, '')
+        if system_cfg.type == 'virtual'
+        else ''
+      }}
+  block:
+    - name: Validate system disks structure
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - system_disks is sequence
+          - (system_disks | length) <= 26
+        fail_msg: "system.disks must be a list with at most 26 entries."
+        quiet: true
+
+    - name: Validate system disk entries
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - item is mapping
+          - item.mount is not defined or item.mount is mapping
+        fail_msg: "Each disk entry must be a dictionary, and disk.mount (if set) must be a dictionary."
+        quiet: true
+      loop: "{{ system_disks }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item | to_json }}"
+
+    - name: Initialize normalized disk list
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        system_disks_cfg: []
+
+    - name: Build normalized system disk configuration
+      vars:
+        disk_idx: "{{ ansible_loop.index0 }}"
+        disk_letter: "{{ system_disk_letter_map[disk_idx] }}"
+        disk_cfg_base: "{{ system_disk_defaults | combine(item, recursive=True) }}"
+        disk_mount: "{{ system_disk_defaults.mount | combine((disk_cfg_base.mount | default({})), recursive=True) }}"
+        disk_mount_path: "{{ (disk_mount.path | default('') | string) | trim }}"
+        disk_mount_fstype: >-
+          {{
+            disk_mount.fstype
+            if (disk_mount.fstype | default('') | string | length) > 0
+            else ('ext4' if disk_mount_path | length > 0 else '')
+          }}
+        disk_device: >-
+          {{
+            disk_cfg_base.device
+            if (disk_cfg_base.device | string | length) > 0
+            else (
+              (system_disk_device_prefix ~ disk_letter)
+              if system_cfg.type == 'virtual'
+              else ''
+            )
+          }}
+        disk_partition: >-
+          {{
+            disk_device ~ ('p1' if (disk_device | regex_search('\\d$')) else '1')
+            if disk_device | length > 0
+            else ''
+          }}
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        system_disks_cfg: >-
+          {{
+            system_disks_cfg + [
+              disk_cfg_base
+              | combine(
+                  {
+                    'device': disk_device,
+                    'mount': {
+                      'path': disk_mount_path,
+                      'fstype': disk_mount_fstype,
+                      'label': disk_mount.label | default('') | string,
+                      'opts': disk_mount.opts | default('defaults') | string
+                    },
+                    'partition': disk_partition
+                  },
+                  recursive=True
+                )
+            ]
+          }}
+      loop: "{{ system_disks }}"
+      loop_control:
+        loop_var: item
+        extended: true
+        label: "{{ item | to_json }}"
+
+    - name: Update system configuration with normalized disks
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        system_cfg: "{{ system_cfg | combine({'disks': system_disks_cfg}, recursive=True) }}"
+
+    - name: Set install_drive from primary disk
+      when:
+        - system_disks_cfg | length > 0
+        - system_disks_cfg[0].device | string | length > 0
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        install_drive: "{{ system_disks_cfg[0].device }}"

roles/global_defaults/tasks/_normalize_system.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+---
+- name: Build normalized system configuration
+  vars:
+    system_raw: "{{ system_defaults | combine(system, recursive=True) }}"
+    system_type: "{{ system_raw.type | string | lower }}"
+    system_os_input: "{{ system_raw.os | default('') | string | lower }}"
+    system_name: >-
+      {{
+        system_raw.name | string | trim
+        if (system_raw.name | default('') | string | trim | length) > 0
+        else inventory_hostname
+      }}
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    system_cfg:
+      type: "{{ system_type }}"
+      os: "{{ system_os_input if system_os_input | length > 0 else ('archlinux' if system_type == 'physical' else '') }}"
+      version: "{{ system_raw.version | default('') | string }}"
+      filesystem: "{{ system_raw.filesystem | default('') | string | lower }}"
+      name: "{{ system_name }}"
+      id: "{{ system_raw.id | default('') | string }}"
+      cpus: "{{ [system_raw.cpus | default(0) | int, 0] | max }}"
+      memory: "{{ [system_raw.memory | default(0) | int, 0] | max }}"
+      balloon: "{{ [system_raw.balloon | default(0) | int, 0] | max }}"
+      network:
+        bridge: "{{ system_raw.network.bridge | default('') | string }}"
+        vlan: "{{ system_raw.network.vlan | default('') | string }}"
+        ip: "{{ system_raw.network.ip | default('') | string }}"
+        prefix: >-
+          {{
+            (system_raw.network.prefix | int | string)
+            if (system_raw.network.prefix | default('') | string | length) > 0
+            else ''
+          }}
+        gateway: "{{ system_raw.network.gateway | default('') | string }}"
+        dns:
+          servers: "{{ system_raw.network.dns.servers | default([]) }}"
+          search: "{{ system_raw.network.dns.search | default([]) }}"
+        interfaces: >-
+          {{
+            system_raw.network.interfaces
+            if (system_raw.network.interfaces | default([]) | length > 0)
+            else (
+              [{
+                'name': '',
+                'bridge': system_raw.network.bridge | default('') | string,
+                'vlan': system_raw.network.vlan | default('') | string,
+                'ip': system_raw.network.ip | default('') | string,
+                'prefix': (
+                  (system_raw.network.prefix | int | string)
+                  if (system_raw.network.prefix | default('') | string | length) > 0
+                  else ''
+                ),
+                'gateway': system_raw.network.gateway | default('') | string
+              }]
+              if (system_raw.network.bridge | default('') | string | length > 0)
+              else []
+            )
+          }}
+      timezone: "{{ system_raw.timezone | default('Europe/Vienna') | string }}"
+      locale: "{{ system_raw.locale | default('en_US.UTF-8') | string }}"
+      keymap: "{{ system_raw.keymap | default('us') | string }}"
+      path: "{{ system_raw.path | default('') | string }}"
+      packages: >-
+        {{
+          (
+            system_raw.packages
+            if system_raw.packages is iterable and system_raw.packages is not string
+            else (system_raw.packages | string).split(',')
+          )
+          | map('trim')
+          | reject('equalto', '')
+          | list
+        }}
+      disks: "{{ system_raw.disks | default([]) }}"
+      users: "{{ system_raw.users | default([]) }}"
+      root:
+        password: "{{ system_raw.root.password | string }}"
+      luks:
+        enabled: "{{ system_raw.luks.enabled | bool }}"
+        passphrase: "{{ system_raw.luks.passphrase | string }}"
+        mapper: "{{ system_raw.luks.mapper | string }}"
+        auto: "{{ system_raw.luks.auto | bool }}"
+        method: "{{ system_raw.luks.method | string | lower }}"
+        tpm2:
+          device: "{{ system_raw.luks.tpm2.device | string }}"
+          pcrs: "{{ system_raw.luks.tpm2.pcrs | string }}"
+        keysize: "{{ system_raw.luks.keysize | int }}"
+        options: "{{ system_raw.luks.options | string }}"
+        type: "{{ system_raw.luks.type | string }}"
+        cipher: "{{ system_raw.luks.cipher | string }}"
+        hash: "{{ system_raw.luks.hash | string }}"
+        iter: "{{ system_raw.luks.iter | int }}"
+        bits: "{{ system_raw.luks.bits | int }}"
+        pbkdf: "{{ system_raw.luks.pbkdf | string }}"
+        urandom: "{{ system_raw.luks.urandom | bool }}"
+        verify: "{{ system_raw.luks.verify | bool }}"
+      features:
+        cis:
+          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.cis.enabled | bool }}"
+        selinux:
+          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.selinux.enabled | bool }}"
+        firewall:
+          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.firewall.enabled | bool }}"
+          backend: "{{ system_raw.features.firewall.backend | string | lower }}"
+          toolkit: "{{ system_raw.features.firewall.toolkit | string | lower }}"
+        ssh:
+          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.ssh.enabled | bool }}"
+        zstd:
+          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.zstd.enabled | bool }}"
+        swap:
+          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.swap.enabled | bool }}"
+        banner:
+          motd: "{{ system_raw.features.banner.motd | bool }}"
+          sudo: "{{ system_raw.features.banner.sudo | bool }}"
+        rhel_repo:
+          source: "{{ system_raw.features.rhel_repo.source | default('iso') | string | lower }}"
+          url: "{{ system_raw.features.rhel_repo.url | default('') | string }}"
+        chroot:
+          tool: "{{ system_raw.features.chroot.tool | string }}"
+    hostname: "{{ system_name }}"
+    os: "{{ system_os_input if system_os_input | length > 0 else ('archlinux' if system_type == 'physical' else '') }}"
+    os_version: "{{ system_raw.version | default('') | string }}"
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Populate primary network fields from first interface
+  when:
+    - system_cfg.network.interfaces | length > 0
+    - system_cfg.network.bridge | default('') | string | length == 0
+  vars:
+    _primary: "{{ system_cfg.network.interfaces[0] }}"
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    system_cfg: >-
+      {{
+        system_cfg | combine({
+          'network': system_cfg.network | combine({
+            'bridge': _primary.bridge | default(''),
+            'vlan': _primary.vlan | default(''),
+            'ip': _primary.ip | default(''),
+            'prefix': _primary.prefix | default(''),
+            'gateway': _primary.gateway | default('')
+          })
+        }, recursive=True)
+      }}

roles/global_defaults/tasks/_validate_input.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure system input is a dictionary
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    system: "{{ system | default({}) }}"
+
+- name: Validate system input types
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - system is mapping
+      - system.network is not defined or system.network is mapping
+      - system.users is not defined or (system.users is iterable and system.users is not string and system.users is not mapping)
+      - system.root is not defined or system.root is mapping
+      - system.luks is not defined or system.luks is mapping
+      - system.features is not defined or system.features is mapping
+    fail_msg: "system and its nested keys (network, root, luks, features) must be dictionaries; system.users must be a list."
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: Validate DNS lists (not strings)
+  when: system.network is defined and system.network.dns is defined
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - system.network.dns.servers is not defined or (system.network.dns.servers is iterable and system.network.dns.servers is not string)
+      - system.network.dns.search is not defined or (system.network.dns.search is iterable and system.network.dns.search is not string)
+    fail_msg: "system.network.dns.servers and system.network.dns.search must be lists, not strings."
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: Validate system.users entries
+  when: system.users is defined and system.users | length > 0
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - item is mapping
+      - item.name is defined and (item.name | string | length) > 0
+      - item['keys'] is not defined or (item['keys'] is iterable and item['keys'] is not string)
+    fail_msg: "Each system.users[] entry must be a dict with 'name'; 'keys' must be a list."
+    quiet: true
+  loop: "{{ system.users }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name | default('(unnamed)') }}"
+
+- name: Validate system features input types
+  when: system.features is defined
+  loop: "{{ system_defaults.features | dict2items | map(attribute='key') | list }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "system.features.{{ item }}"
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - (system.features[item] | default({})) is mapping
+    fail_msg: "system.features.{{ item }} must be a dictionary."
+    quiet: true
+
+- name: Validate system LUKS TPM2 input type
+  when: system.luks is defined and system.luks is mapping
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - system.luks.tpm2 is not defined or system.luks.tpm2 is mapping
+    fail_msg: "system.luks.tpm2 must be a dictionary."
+    quiet: true

roles/global_defaults/tasks/hypervisor.yml

@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     hypervisor_cfg: "{{ merged }}"
     hypervisor_type: "{{ merged.type | string | lower }}"
+  no_log: true

roles/global_defaults/tasks/main.yml

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 - name: Set OS family flags
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    is_rhel: "{{ os in ['almalinux', 'fedora', 'rhel', 'rocky'] }}"
+    is_rhel: "{{ os in os_family_rhel }}"
-    is_debian: "{{ os in ['debian', 'ubuntu', 'ubuntu-lts'] }}"
+    is_debian: "{{ os in os_family_debian }}"
 
 - name: Normalize OS version for keying
   when:
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     ansible_password: "{{ system_cfg.users[0].password }}"
     ansible_become_password: "{{ system_cfg.users[0].password }}"
     ansible_ssh_extra_args: "-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"
+  no_log: true
 
 - name: Set connection for VMware
   when: hypervisor_type == "vmware"

roles/global_defaults/tasks/system.yml

@@ -1,297 +1,9 @@
 ---
-- name: Ensure system input is a dictionary
+- name: Validate raw system input types
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: _validate_input.yml
-    system: "{{ system | default({}) }}"
 
-- name: Validate system input types
+- name: Normalize system configuration
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: _normalize_system.yml
-    that:
-      - system is mapping
-      - system.network is not defined or system.network is mapping
-      - system.users is not defined or (system.users is iterable and system.users is not string and system.users is not mapping)
-      - system.root is not defined or system.root is mapping
-      - system.luks is not defined or system.luks is mapping
-      - system.features is not defined or system.features is mapping
-    fail_msg: "system and its nested keys (network, root, luks, features) must be dictionaries; system.users must be a list."
-    quiet: true
-
-- name: Validate DNS lists (not strings)
-  when: system.network is defined and system.network.dns is defined
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - system.network.dns.servers is not defined or (system.network.dns.servers is iterable and system.network.dns.servers is not string)
-      - system.network.dns.search is not defined or (system.network.dns.search is iterable and system.network.dns.search is not string)
-    fail_msg: "system.network.dns.servers and system.network.dns.search must be lists, not strings."
-    quiet: true
-
-- name: Validate system.users entries
-  when: system.users is defined and system.users | length > 0
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - item is mapping
-      - item.name is defined and (item.name | string | length) > 0
-      - item['keys'] is not defined or (item['keys'] is iterable and item['keys'] is not string)
-    fail_msg: "Each system.users[] entry must be a dict with 'name'; 'keys' must be a list."
-    quiet: true
-  loop: "{{ system.users }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.name | default('(unnamed)') }}"
-
-- name: Validate system features input types
-  when: system.features is defined
-  loop: "{{ system_defaults.features | dict2items | map(attribute='key') | list }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "system.features.{{ item }}"
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - (system.features[item] | default({})) is mapping
-    fail_msg: "system.features.{{ item }} must be a dictionary."
-    quiet: true
-
-- name: Validate system LUKS TPM2 input type
-  when: system.luks is defined and system.luks is mapping
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - system.luks.tpm2 is not defined or system.luks.tpm2 is mapping
-    fail_msg: "system.luks.tpm2 must be a dictionary."
-    quiet: true
-
-- name: Build normalized system configuration
-  vars:
-    system_raw: "{{ system_defaults | combine(system, recursive=True) }}"
-    system_type: "{{ system_raw.type | string | lower }}"
-    system_os_input: "{{ system_raw.os | default('') | string | lower }}"
-    system_name: >-
-      {{
-        system_raw.name | string | trim
-        if (system_raw.name | default('') | string | trim | length) > 0
-        else inventory_hostname
-      }}
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    system_cfg:
-      type: "{{ system_type }}"
-      os: "{{ system_os_input if system_os_input | length > 0 else ('archlinux' if system_type == 'physical' else '') }}"
-      version: "{{ system_raw.version | default('') | string }}"
-      filesystem: "{{ system_raw.filesystem | default('') | string | lower }}"
-      name: "{{ system_name }}"
-      id: "{{ system_raw.id | default('') | string }}"
-      cpus: "{{ [system_raw.cpus | default(0) | int, 0] | max }}"
-      memory: "{{ [system_raw.memory | default(0) | int, 0] | max }}"
-      balloon: "{{ [system_raw.balloon | default(0) | int, 0] | max }}"
-      network:
-        bridge: "{{ system_raw.network.bridge | default('') | string }}"
-        vlan: "{{ system_raw.network.vlan | default('') | string }}"
-        ip: "{{ system_raw.network.ip | default('') | string }}"
-        prefix: >-
-          {{
-            (system_raw.network.prefix | int)
-            if (system_raw.network.prefix | default('') | string | length) > 0
-            else ''
-          }}
-        gateway: "{{ system_raw.network.gateway | default('') | string }}"
-        dns:
-          servers: "{{ system_raw.network.dns.servers | default([]) }}"
-          search: "{{ system_raw.network.dns.search | default([]) }}"
-        interfaces: >-
-          {{
-            system_raw.network.interfaces
-            if (system_raw.network.interfaces | default([]) | length > 0)
-            else (
-              [{
-                'name': 'eth0',
-                'bridge': system_raw.network.bridge | default('') | string,
-                'vlan': system_raw.network.vlan | default('') | string,
-                'ip': system_raw.network.ip | default('') | string,
-                'prefix': (
-                  (system_raw.network.prefix | int | string)
-                  if (system_raw.network.prefix | default('') | string | length) > 0
-                  else ''
-                ),
-                'gateway': system_raw.network.gateway | default('') | string
-              }]
-              if (system_raw.network.bridge | default('') | string | length > 0)
-              else []
-            )
-          }}
-      timezone: "{{ system_raw.timezone | default('Europe/Vienna') | string }}"
-      locale: "{{ system_raw.locale | default('en_US.UTF-8') | string }}"
-      keymap: "{{ system_raw.keymap | default('us') | string }}"
-      path: "{{ system_raw.path | default('') | string }}"
-      packages: >-
-        {{
-          (
-            system_raw.packages
-            if system_raw.packages is iterable and system_raw.packages is not string
-            else (system_raw.packages | string).split(',')
-          )
-          | map('trim')
-          | reject('equalto', '')
-          | list
-        }}
-      disks: "{{ system_raw.disks | default([]) }}"
-      users: "{{ system_raw.users | default([]) }}"
-      root:
-        password: "{{ system_raw.root.password | string }}"
-      luks:
-        enabled: "{{ system_raw.luks.enabled | bool }}"
-        passphrase: "{{ system_raw.luks.passphrase | string }}"
-        mapper: "{{ system_raw.luks.mapper | string }}"
-        auto: "{{ system_raw.luks.auto | bool }}"
-        method: "{{ system_raw.luks.method | string | lower }}"
-        tpm2:
-          device: "{{ system_raw.luks.tpm2.device | string }}"
-          pcrs: "{{ system_raw.luks.tpm2.pcrs | string }}"
-        keysize: "{{ system_raw.luks.keysize | int }}"
-        options: "{{ system_raw.luks.options | string }}"
-        type: "{{ system_raw.luks.type | string }}"
-        cipher: "{{ system_raw.luks.cipher | string }}"
-        hash: "{{ system_raw.luks.hash | string }}"
-        iter: "{{ system_raw.luks.iter | int }}"
-        bits: "{{ system_raw.luks.bits | int }}"
-        pbkdf: "{{ system_raw.luks.pbkdf | string }}"
-        urandom: "{{ system_raw.luks.urandom | bool }}"
-        verify: "{{ system_raw.luks.verify | bool }}"
-      features:
-        cis:
-          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.cis.enabled | bool }}"
-        selinux:
-          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.selinux.enabled | bool }}"
-        firewall:
-          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.firewall.enabled | bool }}"
-          backend: "{{ system_raw.features.firewall.backend | string | lower }}"
-          toolkit: "{{ system_raw.features.firewall.toolkit | string | lower }}"
-        ssh:
-          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.ssh.enabled | bool }}"
-        zstd:
-          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.zstd.enabled | bool }}"
-        swap:
-          enabled: "{{ system_raw.features.swap.enabled | bool }}"
-        banner:
-          motd: "{{ system_raw.features.banner.motd | bool }}"
-          sudo: "{{ system_raw.features.banner.sudo | bool }}"
-        chroot:
-          tool: "{{ system_raw.features.chroot.tool | string }}"
-    hostname: "{{ system_name }}"
-    os: "{{ system_os_input if system_os_input | length > 0 else ('archlinux' if system_type == 'physical' else '') }}"
-    os_version: "{{ system_raw.version | default('') | string }}"
-
-- name: Populate primary network fields from first interface
-  when:
-    - system_cfg.network.interfaces | length > 0
-    - system_cfg.network.bridge | default('') | string | length == 0
-  vars:
-    _primary: "{{ system_cfg.network.interfaces[0] }}"
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    system_cfg: >-
-      {{
-        system_cfg | combine({
-          'network': system_cfg.network | combine({
-            'bridge': _primary.bridge | default(''),
-            'vlan': _primary.vlan | default(''),
-            'ip': _primary.ip | default(''),
-            'prefix': _primary.prefix | default(''),
-            'gateway': _primary.gateway | default('')
-          })
-        }, recursive=True)
-      }}
-
-- name: Normalize system disks input
-  vars:
-    system_disks: "{{ system_cfg.disks | default([]) }}"
-    system_disk_letter_map: "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
-    system_disk_device_prefix: >-
-      {{
-        {'libvirt': '/dev/vd', 'xen': '/dev/xvd', 'proxmox': '/dev/sd', 'vmware': '/dev/sd'}.get(hypervisor_type, '')
-        if system_cfg.type == 'virtual'
-        else ''
-      }}
-  block:
-    - name: Validate system disks structure
-      ansible.builtin.assert:
-        that:
-          - system_disks is sequence
-          - (system_disks | length) <= 26
-        fail_msg: "system.disks must be a list with at most 26 entries."
-        quiet: true
-
-    - name: Validate system disk entries
-      ansible.builtin.assert:
-        that:
-          - item is mapping
-          - item.mount is not defined or item.mount is mapping
-        fail_msg: "Each disk entry must be a dictionary, and disk.mount (if set) must be a dictionary."
-        quiet: true
-      loop: "{{ system_disks }}"
-      loop_control:
-        label: "{{ item | to_json }}"
-
-    - name: Initialize normalized disk list
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        system_disks_cfg: []
-
-    - name: Build normalized system disk configuration
-      vars:
-        disk_idx: "{{ ansible_loop.index0 }}"
-        disk_letter: "{{ system_disk_letter_map[disk_idx] }}"
-        disk_cfg_base: "{{ system_disk_defaults | combine(item, recursive=True) }}"
-        disk_mount: "{{ system_disk_defaults.mount | combine((disk_cfg_base.mount | default({})), recursive=True) }}"
-        disk_mount_path: "{{ (disk_mount.path | default('') | string) | trim }}"
-        disk_mount_fstype: >-
-          {{
-            disk_mount.fstype
-            if (disk_mount.fstype | default('') | string | length) > 0
-            else ('ext4' if disk_mount_path | length > 0 else '')
-          }}
-        disk_device: >-
-          {{
-            disk_cfg_base.device
-            if (disk_cfg_base.device | string | length) > 0
-            else (
-              (system_disk_device_prefix ~ disk_letter)
-              if system_cfg.type == 'virtual'
-              else ''
-            )
-          }}
-        disk_partition: >-
-          {{
-            disk_device ~ ('p1' if (disk_device | regex_search('\\d$')) else '1')
-            if disk_device | length > 0
-            else ''
-          }}
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        system_disks_cfg: >-
-          {{
-            system_disks_cfg + [
-              disk_cfg_base
-              | combine(
-                  {
-                    'device': disk_device,
-                    'mount': {
-                      'path': disk_mount_path,
-                      'fstype': disk_mount_fstype,
-                      'label': disk_mount.label | default('') | string,
-                      'opts': disk_mount.opts | default('defaults') | string
-                    },
-                    'partition': disk_partition
-                  },
-                  recursive=True
-                )
-            ]
-          }}
-      loop: "{{ system_disks }}"
-      loop_control:
-        loop_var: item
-        extended: true
-        label: "{{ item | to_json }}"
-
-    - name: Update system configuration with normalized disks
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        system_cfg: "{{ system_cfg | combine({'disks': system_disks_cfg}, recursive=True) }}"
-
-    - name: Set install_drive from primary disk
-      when:
-        - system_disks_cfg | length > 0
-        - system_disks_cfg[0].device | string | length > 0
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        install_drive: "{{ system_disks_cfg[0].device }}"
 
+- name: Normalize disk configuration
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: _normalize_disks.yml

roles/global_defaults/tasks/validation.yml

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
       - os is defined
-      - os in ["almalinux", "alpine", "archlinux", "debian", "fedora", "opensuse", "rhel", "rocky", "ubuntu", "ubuntu-lts", "void"]
+      - os in os_supported
       - >-
         os not in ["debian", "fedora", "rocky", "almalinux", "rhel"]
         or (os_version is defined and (os_version | string | length) > 0)
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         or (
           os == "debian" and (os_version | string) in ["10", "11", "12", "13", "unstable"]
         ) or (
-          os == "fedora" and (os_version | string) in ["40", "41", "42", "43"]
+          os == "fedora" and (os_version | int) >= 38 and (os_version | int) <= 45
         ) or (
           os in ["rocky", "almalinux"]
           and (os_version | string) is match("^(8|9|10)(\\.\\d+)?$")
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@
           os == "rhel"
           and (os_version | string) is match("^(8|9|10)(\\.\\d+)?$")
         ) or (
-          os in ["alpine", "archlinux", "opensuse", "ubuntu", "ubuntu-lts", "void"]
+          os in ["ubuntu", "ubuntu-lts"]
+        ) or (
+          os in ["alpine", "archlinux", "opensuse", "void"]
         )
     fail_msg: "Invalid os/version specified. Please check README.md for supported values."
     quiet: true
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@
       Missing required Proxmox inputs. Define hypervisor.(url,username,password,host,storage),
       system.id, and system.network.bridge (or system.network.interfaces[]).
     quiet: true
+  no_log: true
 
 - name: Validate VMware hypervisor inputs
   when:
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@
       Missing required VMware inputs. Define hypervisor.(url,username,password,datacenter,cluster,storage)
       and system.network.bridge (or system.network.interfaces[]).
     quiet: true
+  no_log: true
 
 - name: Validate Xen hypervisor inputs
   when:
@@ -195,6 +199,18 @@
     fail_msg: "Missing required Xen inputs. Define system.network.bridge (or system.network.interfaces[])."
     quiet: true
 
+- name: Validate libvirt hypervisor inputs
+  when:
+    - system_cfg.type == "virtual"
+    - hypervisor_type == "libvirt"
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - >-
+        (system_cfg.network.bridge | default('') | string | length > 0)
+        or (system_cfg.network.interfaces | default([]) | length > 0)
+    fail_msg: "Missing required libvirt inputs. Define system.network.bridge (or system.network.interfaces[])."
+    quiet: true
+
 - name: Validate virtual installer ISO requirement
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
@@ -245,6 +261,28 @@
     fail_msg: "Invalid system sizing. Check system.cpus, system.memory, and system.disks[0].size."
     quiet: true
 
+- name: Validate at least one user is defined
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - system_cfg.users | default([]) | length > 0
+      - system_cfg.users[0].name is defined and (system_cfg.users[0].name | string | length) > 0
+      - system_cfg.users[0].password is defined and (system_cfg.users[0].password | string | length) > 0
+    fail_msg: "At least one user with a name and password must be defined in system.users[]."
+    quiet: true
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Validate DNS servers is a list
+  when:
+    - system_cfg.network.dns.servers is defined
+    - system_cfg.network.dns.servers | length > 0
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - system_cfg.network.dns.servers is iterable
+      - system_cfg.network.dns.servers is not string
+      - system_cfg.network.dns.servers is not mapping
+    fail_msg: "system.network.dns.servers must be a list."
+    quiet: true
+
 - name: Validate all virtual disks have a positive size
   when: system_cfg.type == "virtual"
   ansible.builtin.assert:

roles/partitioning/defaults/main.yml

@@ -6,20 +6,40 @@ partitioning_efi_size_mib: 512
 partitioning_efi_start_mib: 1
 partitioning_efi_end_mib: "{{ (partitioning_efi_start_mib | int) + (partitioning_efi_size_mib | int) }}"
 partitioning_boot_size_mib: 1024
+partitioning_vg_name: sys
 partitioning_use_full_disk: true
+
+# LVM logical volume sizing
+partitioning_lvm_var_gb: 2
+partitioning_lvm_var_log_gb: 2
+partitioning_lvm_var_log_audit_gb: 1.5
+
+# Disk overhead subtracted from available space in swap/home calculations
+partitioning_disk_overhead_gb: 20
+
+# CIS-required reserved space for /var, /var/log, /var/log/audit, /home
+partitioning_cis_reserved_gb: 7.5
+
+# Home allocation: percentage of (disk - overhead), bounded by min/max
+partitioning_home_allocation_pct: 0.1
+partitioning_home_min_gb: 2
+partitioning_home_max_gb: 20
+
+# Btrfs home quota (applied when CIS is enabled)
+partitioning_btrfs_home_quota: 2G
 partitioning_separate_boot: >-
   {{
     (
       (system_cfg.luks.enabled | bool)
       or (system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs')
     )
-    and (os not in ['archlinux'])
+    and ((os | default('')) not in ['archlinux'])
   }}
 partitioning_boot_fs_fstype: >-
   {{
     system_cfg.filesystem
     if system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs'
-    else ('xfs' if is_rhel else 'ext4')
+    else ('xfs' if (is_rhel | default(false) | bool) else 'ext4')
   }}
 partitioning_boot_fs_partition_suffix: >-
   {{
@@ -37,7 +57,7 @@ partitioning_efi_mountpoint: >-
     if (partitioning_separate_boot | bool)
     else (
       '/boot/efi'
-      if is_rhel or (os in ['ubuntu', 'ubuntu-lts'] or (os == 'debian' and (os_version | string) in ['11', '12', '13']))
+      if (is_rhel | default(false) | bool) or ((os | default('')) in ['ubuntu', 'ubuntu-lts'] or ((os | default('')) == 'debian' and (os_version | default('') | string) in ['11', '12', '13']))
       else '/boot'
     )
   }}

roles/partitioning/tasks/btrfs.yml

@@ -54,13 +54,17 @@
         - { subvol: pkg }
         - { subvol: var_log }
         - { subvol: var_log_audit }
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.subvol }}"
       register: partitioning_btrfs_subvol_result
 
     - name: Set quotas for subvolumes
       when: system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
       ansible.builtin.command: btrfs qgroup limit {{ item.quota }} /mnt/{{ '@' if item.subvol == 'root' else '@' + item.subvol }}
       loop:
-        - { subvol: home, quota: 2G }
+        - { subvol: home, quota: "{{ partitioning_btrfs_home_quota }}" }
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.subvol }}"
       register: partitioning_btrfs_qgroup_result
       changed_when: false
 

roles/partitioning/tasks/ext4.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Create and format ext4 logical volumes
   when: system_cfg.features.cis.enabled or item.lv not in ['home', 'var', 'var_log', 'var_log_audit']
   community.general.filesystem:
-    dev: /dev/sys/{{ item.lv }}
+    dev: /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/{{ item.lv }}
     fstype: ext4
     force: true
   loop:
@@ -11,17 +11,21 @@
     - { lv: var }
     - { lv: var_log }
     - { lv: var_log_audit }
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.lv }}"
 
 - name: Remove Unsupported features for older Systems
   when: >
     (os in ['almalinux', 'rocky', 'rhel'] or (os == 'debian' and (os_version | string) == '11'))
     and (system_cfg.features.cis.enabled or item.lv not in ['home', 'var', 'var_log', 'var_log_audit'])
-  ansible.builtin.command: tune2fs -O "^orphan_file,^metadata_csum_seed" "/dev/sys/{{ item.lv }}"
+  ansible.builtin.command: tune2fs -O "^orphan_file,^metadata_csum_seed" "/dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/{{ item.lv }}"
   loop:
     - { lv: root }
     - { lv: home }
     - { lv: var }
     - { lv: var_log }
     - { lv: var_log_audit }
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.lv }}"
   register: partitioning_ext4_tune_result
   changed_when: partitioning_ext4_tune_result.rc == 0

roles/partitioning/tasks/extra_disks.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
         | selectattr('mount.path')
         | list
       }}
-  changed_when: false
 
 - name: Validate additional disks do not target install_drive
   when: partitioning_extra_disks | length > 0
@@ -59,7 +58,16 @@
     dev: "{{ item.partition }}"
     fstype: "{{ item.mount.fstype }}"
     opts: "{{ _all_opts }}"
-    force: true
+  loop: "{{ partitioning_extra_disks }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.partition }}"
+
+- name: Collect extra disk UUIDs
+  when: partitioning_extra_disks | length > 0
+  ansible.builtin.command: "blkid -s UUID -o value {{ item.partition }}"
+  register: partitioning_extra_disk_uuids
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: partitioning_extra_disk_uuids.rc != 0 or (partitioning_extra_disk_uuids.stdout | trim | length) == 0
   loop: "{{ partitioning_extra_disks }}"
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item.partition }}"
@@ -79,11 +87,11 @@
 - name: Mount additional disks for fstab generation
   when: partitioning_extra_disks | length > 0
   ansible.posix.mount:
-    path: "/mnt{{ item.mount.path }}"
+    path: "/mnt{{ item.0.mount.path }}"
-    src: "{{ item.partition }}"
+    src: "UUID={{ item.1.stdout }}"
-    fstype: "{{ item.mount.fstype }}"
+    fstype: "{{ item.0.mount.fstype }}"
-    opts: "{{ item.mount.opts | default('defaults') }}"
+    opts: "{{ item.0.mount.opts | default('defaults') }}"
     state: mounted
-  loop: "{{ partitioning_extra_disks }}"
+  loop: "{{ partitioning_extra_disks | zip(partitioning_extra_disk_uuids.results) | list }}"
   loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.mount.path }}"
+    label: "{{ item.0.mount.path }}"

roles/partitioning/tasks/main.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   when:
     - system_cfg.features.swap.enabled | bool
     - partitioning_vm_memory is not defined or (partitioning_vm_memory | float) <= 0
-    - system_cfg is not defined or (system_cfg.memory | default(0) | float) <= 0
+    - (system_cfg.memory | default(0) | float) <= 0
   block:
     - name: Read system memory
       ansible.builtin.command: awk '/MemTotal/ {print int($2/1024)}' /proc/meminfo
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
         - name: Remove LVM volume group
           community.general.lvg:
-            vg: sys
+            vg: "{{ partitioning_vg_name }}"
             state: absent
             force: true
           failed_when: false
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@
           failed_when: false
 
         - name: Wipe filesystem signatures
-          ansible.builtin.command: >-
+          ansible.builtin.shell: >-
             find /dev -wholename "{{ install_drive }}*" -exec wipefs --force --all {} \;
           register: partitioning_wipefs_result
-          changed_when: false
+          changed_when: partitioning_wipefs_result.rc == 0
           failed_when: false
 
         - name: Refresh kernel partition table
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@
             flags: "{{ item.flags | default(omit) }}"
             state: present
           loop: "{{ partitioning_layout }}"
+          loop_control:
+            label: "{{ item.name }}"
       rescue:
         - name: Refresh kernel partition table after failure
           ansible.builtin.command: "{{ item }}"
@@ -144,6 +146,8 @@
             flags: "{{ item.flags | default(omit) }}"
             state: present
           loop: "{{ partitioning_layout }}"
+          loop_control:
+            label: "{{ item.name }}"
 
     - name: Settle partition table
       ansible.builtin.command: "{{ item }}"
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@
   block:
     - name: Create LVM volume group
       community.general.lvg:
-        vg: sys
+        vg: "{{ partitioning_vg_name }}"
         pvs: "{{ partitioning_root_device }}"
 
     - name: Create LVM logical volumes
@@ -272,10 +276,11 @@
         partitioning_lvm_swap_target_gb: >-
           {{
             (
-              [
+              ((partitioning_memory_mb | float / 1024) >= 16.0)
-                (partitioning_memory_mb | float / 1024),
+              | ternary(
-                4
+                  (partitioning_memory_mb | float / 2048),
-              ] | max | float
+                  [(partitioning_memory_mb | float / 1024), 4] | max | float
+                )
             )
             if system_cfg.features.swap.enabled | bool
             else 0
@@ -285,7 +290,7 @@
             (
               4
               + [
-                (partitioning_disk_size_gb | float) - 20,
+                (partitioning_disk_size_gb | float) - (partitioning_disk_overhead_gb | float),
                 0
               ] | max
             )
@@ -310,7 +315,7 @@
                 (
                   (partitioning_disk_size_gb | float)
                   - (partitioning_reserved_gb | float)
-                  - (system_cfg.features.cis.enabled | ternary(7.5, 0))
+                  - (system_cfg.features.cis.enabled | ternary(partitioning_cis_reserved_gb | float, 0))
                   - partitioning_lvm_extent_reserve_gb
                   - 4
                 ),
@@ -325,14 +330,22 @@
             (
               (partitioning_disk_size_gb | float)
               - (partitioning_reserved_gb | float)
-              - (system_cfg.features.cis.enabled | ternary(7.5, 0))
+              - (system_cfg.features.cis.enabled | ternary(partitioning_cis_reserved_gb | float, 0))
               - partitioning_lvm_extent_reserve_gb
               - partitioning_lvm_swap_target_limited_gb
             ) | float
           }}
+        partitioning_lvm_home_raw_gb: >-
+          {{
+            ((partitioning_disk_size_gb | float) - (partitioning_disk_overhead_gb | float))
+            * (partitioning_home_allocation_pct | float)
+          }}
         partitioning_lvm_home_gb: >-
           {{
-            ([([(((partitioning_disk_size_gb | float) - 20) * 0.1), 2] | max), 20] | min)
+            [
+              [(partitioning_lvm_home_raw_gb | float), (partitioning_home_min_gb | float)] | max,
+              (partitioning_home_max_gb | float)
+            ] | min
           }}
         partitioning_lvm_root_default_gb: >-
           {{
@@ -374,7 +387,10 @@
                 - (partitioning_lvm_swap_gb | float)
                 - partitioning_lvm_extent_reserve_gb
                 - (
-                    (partitioning_lvm_home_gb | float) + 5.5
+                    (partitioning_lvm_home_gb | float)
+                    + (partitioning_lvm_var_gb | float)
+                    + (partitioning_lvm_var_log_gb | float)
+                    + (partitioning_lvm_var_log_audit_gb | float)
                     if system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
                     else 0
                   )
@@ -389,7 +405,7 @@
             else partitioning_lvm_root_default_gb
           }}
       community.general.lvol:
-        vg: sys
+        vg: "{{ partitioning_vg_name }}"
         lv: "{{ item.lv }}"
         size: "{{ item.size }}"
         state: present
@@ -400,9 +416,11 @@
           size: "{{ partitioning_lvm_swap_gb | string + 'G' }}"
         - lv: home
           size: "{{ partitioning_lvm_home_gb | string + 'G' }}"
-        - { lv: var, size: "2G" }
+        - { lv: var, size: "{{ partitioning_lvm_var_gb }}G" }
-        - { lv: var_log, size: "2G" }
+        - { lv: var_log, size: "{{ partitioning_lvm_var_log_gb }}G" }
-        - { lv: var_log_audit, size: "1.5G" }
+        - { lv: var_log_audit, size: "{{ partitioning_lvm_var_log_audit_gb }}G" }
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.lv }}"
 
 - name: Create filesystems
   block:
@@ -438,7 +456,7 @@
         - system_cfg.features.swap.enabled | bool
       community.general.filesystem:
         fstype: swap
-        dev: /dev/sys/swap
+        dev: /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/swap
 
     - name: Create filesystem
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "{{ system_cfg.filesystem }}.yml"
@@ -447,6 +465,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value '{{ install_drive }}{{ partitioning_boot_partition_suffix }}'
       register: partitioning_boot_uuid
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_boot_uuid.rc != 0 or (partitioning_boot_uuid.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Get UUID for /boot filesystem
       when: partitioning_separate_boot | bool
@@ -454,57 +473,65 @@
         blkid -s UUID -o value '{{ install_drive }}{{ partitioning_boot_fs_partition_suffix }}'
       register: partitioning_boot_fs_uuid
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_boot_fs_uuid.rc != 0 or (partitioning_boot_fs_uuid.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Get UUID for main filesystem
       ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value '{{ partitioning_root_device }}'
       register: partitioning_main_uuid
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_main_uuid.rc != 0 or (partitioning_main_uuid.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Get UUID for LVM root filesystem
       when: system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs'
-      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/sys/root
+      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/root
       register: partitioning_uuid_root_result
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_uuid_root_result.rc != 0 or (partitioning_uuid_root_result.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Get UUID for LVM swap filesystem
       when:
         - system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs'
         - system_cfg.features.swap.enabled | bool
-      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/sys/swap
+      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/swap
       register: partitioning_uuid_swap_result
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_uuid_swap_result.rc != 0 or (partitioning_uuid_swap_result.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Get UUID for LVM home filesystem
       when:
         - system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs'
         - system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
-      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/sys/home
+      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/home
       register: partitioning_uuid_home_result
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_uuid_home_result.rc != 0 or (partitioning_uuid_home_result.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Get UUID for LVM var filesystem
       when:
         - system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs'
         - system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
-      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/sys/var
+      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/var
       register: partitioning_uuid_var_result
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_uuid_var_result.rc != 0 or (partitioning_uuid_var_result.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Get UUID for LVM var_log filesystem
       when:
         - system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs'
         - system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
-      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/sys/var_log
+      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/var_log
       register: partitioning_uuid_var_log_result
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_uuid_var_log_result.rc != 0 or (partitioning_uuid_var_log_result.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Get UUID for LVM var_log_audit filesystem
       when:
         - system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs'
         - system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
-      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/sys/var_log_audit
+      ansible.builtin.command: blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/var_log_audit
       register: partitioning_uuid_var_log_audit_result
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: partitioning_uuid_var_log_audit_result.rc != 0 or (partitioning_uuid_var_log_audit_result.stdout | trim | length) == 0
 
     - name: Assign UUIDs to Variables
       when: system_cfg.filesystem != 'btrfs'
@@ -514,31 +541,31 @@
           {{
             partitioning_uuid_swap_result.stdout_lines | default([])
             if system_cfg.features.swap.enabled | bool
-            else ''
+            else []
           }}
         partitioning_uuid_home: >-
           {{
             partitioning_uuid_home_result.stdout_lines | default([])
             if system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
-            else ''
+            else []
           }}
         partitioning_uuid_var: >-
           {{
             partitioning_uuid_var_result.stdout_lines | default([])
             if system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
-            else ''
+            else []
           }}
         partitioning_uuid_var_log: >-
           {{
             partitioning_uuid_var_log_result.stdout_lines | default([])
             if system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
-            else ''
+            else []
           }}
         partitioning_uuid_var_log_audit: >-
           {{
             partitioning_uuid_var_log_audit_result.stdout_lines | default([])
             if system_cfg.features.cis.enabled
-            else ''
+            else []
           }}
 
 - name: Mount filesystems
@@ -562,6 +589,7 @@
         opts: "{{ item.opts }}"
         state: mounted
       loop:
+        # ssd: no-op on kernels 5.15+ (btrfs auto-detects); kept for older kernel compat
         - path: ""
           uuid: "{{ partitioning_uuid_root[0] | default(omit) }}"
           opts: >-
@@ -636,6 +664,8 @@
                 'ssd', 'space_cache=v2', 'discard=async', 'subvol=@var_log_audit'
               ] | reject('equalto', '') | join(',')
             }}
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.path }}"
 
     - name: Mount /boot filesystem
       when: partitioning_separate_boot | bool

roles/partitioning/tasks/xfs.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Create and format XFS logical volumes
   when: system_cfg.features.cis.enabled or item.lv not in ['home', 'var', 'var_log', 'var_log_audit']
   community.general.filesystem:
-    dev: /dev/sys/{{ item.lv }}
+    dev: /dev/{{ partitioning_vg_name }}/{{ item.lv }}
     fstype: xfs
     opts: "{{ '-m bigtime=0 -i nrext64=0,exchange=0 -n parent=0' if is_rhel | bool else omit }}"
     force: true
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@
     - { lv: var }
     - { lv: var_log }
     - { lv: var_log_audit }
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.lv }}"

roles/system_check/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 ---
+- name: Physical install safety confirmation
+  when: system_cfg.type == "physical"
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - physical_install_confirmed | default(false) | bool
+    fail_msg: >-
+      DANGER: Physical install will WIPE {{ install_drive }} on {{ inventory_hostname }}.
+      Set physical_install_confirmed=true in inventory to proceed.
+    quiet: true
+
 - name: VM existence protection check
   when: system_cfg.type == "virtual"
   block:
@@ -23,23 +33,27 @@
           Please choose a different hostname or remove the existing VM manually before proceeding.
         quiet: true
 
-    - name: Check if VM already exists on Proxmox
+    - name: Check VM existence on Proxmox
       when: hypervisor_type == "proxmox"
       delegate_to: localhost
       become: false
+      module_defaults:
         community.proxmox.proxmox_vm_info:
           api_host: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
           api_user: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
           api_password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
+      block:
+        - name: Query Proxmox for existing VM
+          community.proxmox.proxmox_vm_info:
             node: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.host }}"
             vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
             name: "{{ hostname }}"
             type: qemu
           register: system_check_proxmox_check_result
           changed_when: false
+          no_log: true
 
         - name: Abort if VM already exists on Proxmox
-      when: hypervisor_type == "proxmox"
           ansible.builtin.assert:
             that:
               - system_check_proxmox_check_result.proxmox_vms | default([]) | length == 0
@@ -49,23 +63,27 @@
               Please choose a different hostname or VM ID, or remove the existing VM manually before proceeding.
             quiet: true
 
-    - name: Check if VM already exists in vCenter
+    - name: Check VM existence in vCenter
       when: hypervisor_type == "vmware"
       delegate_to: localhost
+      module_defaults:
         community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
           hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
           username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
           password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
           validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
+      block:
+        - name: Query vCenter for existing VM
+          community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
             datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
             name: "{{ hostname }}"
             folder: "{{ system_cfg.path if system_cfg.path | length > 0 else omit }}"
           register: system_check_vmware_check_result
           failed_when: false
           changed_when: false
+          no_log: true
 
         - name: Fail if vCenter lookup failed unexpectedly
-      when: hypervisor_type == "vmware"
           ansible.builtin.assert:
             that:
               - not system_check_vmware_check_result.failed
@@ -76,7 +94,6 @@
             quiet: true
 
         - name: Abort if VM already exists in vCenter
-      when: hypervisor_type == "vmware"
           ansible.builtin.assert:
             that:
               - system_check_vmware_check_result.instance is not defined

roles/virtualization/defaults/main.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ virtualization_libvirt_cloudinit_path: >-
   {{ [virtualization_libvirt_image_dir, hostname ~ '-cloudinit.iso'] | ansible.builtin.path_join }}
 virtualization_xen_disk_path: /var/lib/xen/images
 
+virtualization_libvirt_machine_type: q35
+virtualization_libvirt_ovmf_code: /usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_CODE.secboot.4m.fd
+virtualization_libvirt_ovmf_vars: /usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_VARS.4m.fd
+
 virtualization_tpm2_enabled: >-
   {{
     (system_cfg.luks.enabled | bool)

roles/virtualization/tasks/libvirt.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item | to_json }}"
     extended: true
-  changed_when: false
 
 - name: Create VM disks
   delegate_to: localhost
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@
       - "/tmp/cloud-network-config-{{ hostname }}.yml"
     creates: "{{ virtualization_libvirt_cloudinit_path }}"
 
+# uri defaults to qemu:///system (local libvirtd)
 - name: Create VM using libvirt
   delegate_to: localhost
   community.libvirt.virt:

roles/virtualization/tasks/proxmox.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 ---
 - name: Deploy VM on Proxmox
   delegate_to: localhost
+  module_defaults:
+    community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
+      api_host: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
+      api_user: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
+      api_password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
+      node: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.host }}"
+  block:
+    - name: Create VM on Proxmox
       vars:
         virtualization_proxmox_scsi: >-
           {%- set out = {} -%}
@@ -31,13 +39,9 @@
           {%- endfor -%}
           {{ out }}
       community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
-    api_host: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
-    api_user: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
-    api_password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
         ciuser: "{{ system_cfg.users[0].name }}"
         cipassword: "{{ system_cfg.users[0].password }}"
         ciupgrade: false
-    node: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.host }}"
         vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
         name: "{{ hostname }}"
         cpu: host
@@ -74,17 +78,14 @@
         searchdomains: "{{ system_cfg.network.dns.search if system_cfg.network.dns.search | length else omit }}"
         onboot: true
         state: present
+      no_log: true
 
     - name: Start VM on Proxmox
-  delegate_to: localhost
       community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
-    api_host: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
-    api_user: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
-    api_password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
-    node: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.host }}"
         name: "{{ hostname }}"
         vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
         state: started
+      no_log: true
       register: virtualization_proxmox_start_result
 
     - name: Set VM created fact

roles/virtualization/tasks/vmware.yml

@@ -10,10 +10,31 @@
   loop: "{{ system_cfg.disks }}"
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item | to_json }}"
-  changed_when: false
 
-- name: Create VM in vCenter
+- name: Deploy VM in vCenter
   delegate_to: localhost
+  module_defaults:
+    community.vmware.vmware_guest:
+      hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
+      username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
+      password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
+      validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
+      datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
+    community.vmware.vmware_guest_tpm:
+      hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
+      username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
+      password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
+      validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
+      datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
+    vmware.vmware.vm_powerstate:
+      hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
+      username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
+      password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
+      validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
+      datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
+  block:
+    # community.vmware: full-featured guest management
+    - name: Create VM in vCenter
       vars:
         virtualization_vmware_networks: >-
           {%- set ns = namespace(out=[]) -%}
@@ -26,14 +47,10 @@
           {%- endfor -%}
           {{ ns.out }}
       community.vmware.vmware_guest:
-    hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
-    username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
-    password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
-    validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
-    datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
         cluster: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.cluster }}"
         folder: "{{ system_cfg.path if system_cfg.path | string | length > 0 else omit }}"
         name: "{{ hostname }}"
+        # Generic guest ID — VMware auto-detects OS post-install
         guest_id: otherLinux64Guest
         annotation: |
           {{ note if note is defined else '' }}
@@ -65,6 +82,7 @@
               } ] if rhel_iso is defined and rhel_iso | length > 0 else [] )
           }}
         networks: "{{ virtualization_vmware_networks }}"
+      no_log: true
       register: virtualization_vmware_create_result
 
     - name: Set VM created fact when VM was powered on during creation
@@ -77,28 +95,19 @@
 
     - name: Ensure vTPM2 is enabled when required
       when: virtualization_tpm2_enabled | bool
-  delegate_to: localhost
       community.vmware.vmware_guest_tpm:
-    hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
-    username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
-    password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
-    validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
-    datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
         folder: "{{ system_cfg.path if system_cfg.path | string | length > 0 else omit }}"
         name: "{{ hostname }}"
         state: present
+      no_log: true
 
+    # vmware.vmware: modern collection for power operations
     - name: Start VM in vCenter
       when: virtualization_tpm2_enabled | bool
-  delegate_to: localhost
       vmware.vmware.vm_powerstate:
-    hostname: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.url }}"
-    username: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.username }}"
-    password: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.password }}"
-    validate_certs: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.certs | bool }}"
-    datacenter: "{{ hypervisor_cfg.datacenter }}"
         name: "{{ hostname }}"
         state: powered-on
+      no_log: true
       register: virtualization_vmware_start_result
 
     - name: Set VM created fact when VM was started separately (TPM2 case)

roles/virtualization/tasks/xen.yml

@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
         dest: /tmp/xen-{{ hostname }}.cfg
         mode: "0644"
 
+    - name: Check if Xen VM already exists
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - xl
+          - list
+      register: virtualization_xen_pre_check
+      changed_when: false
+      failed_when: false
+
     - name: Create Xen VM
       delegate_to: localhost
       ansible.builtin.command:
@@ -58,8 +68,11 @@
           - /tmp/xen-{{ hostname }}.cfg
       register: virtualization_xen_create_result
       changed_when: virtualization_xen_create_result.rc == 0
+      when: >-
+        not (virtualization_xen_pre_check.stdout | default('')
+        is search('(?m)^' ~ (hostname | ansible.builtin.regex_escape) ~ '\\s+\\d+\\s'))
 
-    - name: Ensure VM is running
+    - name: Verify VM is running
       delegate_to: localhost
       ansible.builtin.command:
         argv:
@@ -67,13 +80,10 @@
           - list
       register: virtualization_xen_list_result
       changed_when: false
-      failed_when: false
+      failed_when: >-
+        not (virtualization_xen_list_result.stdout | default('')
+        is search('(?m)^' ~ (hostname | ansible.builtin.regex_escape) ~ '\\s+\\d+\\s'))
 
     - name: Set VM created fact
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        virtualization_vm_created_in_run: true
+        virtualization_vm_created_in_run: "{{ (virtualization_xen_create_result.rc | default(1)) == 0 }}"
-      when:
-        - virtualization_xen_list_result is defined
-        - >-
-          virtualization_xen_list_result.stdout | default('')
-          is search('(?m)^' ~ (hostname | ansible.builtin.regex_escape) ~ '\\s+\\d+\\s')

roles/virtualization/templates/cloud-network-config.yml.j2

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ network:
       addresses:
         - "{{ iface.ip }}/{{ iface.prefix }}"
 {% if iface.gateway | default('') | string | length %}
-      gateway4: "{{ iface.gateway }}"
+      routes:
+        - to: default
+          via: "{{ iface.gateway }}"
 {% endif %}
 {% else %}
       dhcp4: true

roles/virtualization/templates/cloud-user-data.yml.j2

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #cloud-config
-hostname: "archiso"
+hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
 ssh_pwauth: true
 package_update: false
 package_upgrade: false

roles/virtualization/templates/vm.xml.j2

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <domain type='kvm'>
   <name>{{ hostname }}</name>
-  <memory>{{ system_cfg.memory | int * 1024 }}</memory>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>{{ system_cfg.memory | int * 1024 }}</memory>
-  {% if system_cfg.balloon is defined and system_cfg.balloon | int > 0 %}<currentMemory>{{ system_cfg.balloon | int * 1024 }}</currentMemory>{% endif %}
+  {% if system_cfg.balloon is defined and system_cfg.balloon | int > 0 %}<currentMemory unit='KiB'>{{ system_cfg.balloon | int * 1024 }}</currentMemory>{% endif %}
   <vcpu placement='static'>{{ system_cfg.cpus }}</vcpu>
   <os>
-    <type arch='x86_64' machine="pc-q35-8.0">hvm</type>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine="{{ virtualization_libvirt_machine_type }}">hvm</type>
     <bootmenu enable='no'/>
     <boot dev='hd'/>
     <boot dev='cdrom'/>
-    <loader readonly="yes" type="pflash">/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_CODE.secboot.4m.fd</loader>
+    <loader readonly="yes" type="pflash">{{ virtualization_libvirt_ovmf_code }}</loader>
-    <nvram template="/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_VARS.4m.fd"/>
+    <nvram template="{{ virtualization_libvirt_ovmf_vars }}"/>
   </os>
   <features>
     <acpi/>
@@ -33,17 +33,20 @@
       <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
       <source file="{{ boot_iso }}"/>
       <target dev="sda" bus="sata"/>
+      <readonly/>
     </disk>
     <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
       <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
       <source file="{{ virtualization_libvirt_cloudinit_path }}"/>
       <target dev="sdb" bus="sata"/>
+      <readonly/>
     </disk>
     {% if rhel_iso is defined and rhel_iso | length > 0 %}
     <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
       <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
       <source file="{{ rhel_iso }}"/>
       <target dev="sdc" bus="sata"/>
+      <readonly/>
     </disk>
     {% endif %}
     {% for iface in system_cfg.network.interfaces %}

roles/virtualization/templates/xen.cfg.j2

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ disk = [
 ]
 vif = [
 {%- for iface in system_cfg.network.interfaces -%}
-  'bridge={{ iface.bridge }},model=e1000'{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
+  'bridge={{ iface.bridge }},model=virtio'{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
 {%- endfor -%}
 ]
 boot = "{{ 'dc' if xen_installer_media_enabled | bool else 'c' }}"