Add a managerial security frame on top of the host baseline: explicit threat model (opportunistic external, lateral movement/blast radius, operator/agent error; supply chain accepted-lower-priority), security principles, and four governance mechanisms that ADR-002 establishes and links out to: - docs/security/service-checklist.md — per-service security bar (referenced from the new-role runbook) - docs/security/accepted-risks.md — living accepted-risk register (R1-R4) - planned /security-review skill (TODO 8.5) - agent guardrails in CLAUDE.md "what Claude must not do" STATUS.md records the frame as present (manual enforcement) and /security-review as planned-not-built. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Runbook — Adding a new Ansible role
When to create a new role
Create a new role when you need to manage a distinct, reusable unit of configuration — a service, a system component, or a behaviour applied to a group of hosts.
Do not create a role for a single task that logically belongs in an existing role.
Procedure
1. Scaffold the role
make new-role NAME=<rolename>
This creates the full directory structure and placeholder files under roles/<rolename>/.
2. Fill in meta/main.yml
galaxy_info:
role_name: <rolename>
author: <your name>
description: <one sentence>
min_ansible_version: "2.15"
platforms:
- name: Debian
versions:
- trixie # Debian 13
3. Define defaults
Add all tuneable variables to defaults/main.yml with inline comments explaining
each variable. Use the rolename__varname namespace convention.
4. Write tasks
- Use FQCN for all modules
- Every task must have a
name:that reads as a sentence - Every task must have at least one
tags:entry - Notify handlers by
listen:topic string, not handler name
5. Configure Molecule
Edit molecule/default/molecule.yml to use the Debian 13 test image.
Write a converge.yml that applies the role. Write a verify.yml that
asserts the expected state.
6. Write the README
Document:
- Purpose of the role (one paragraph)
- All variables from
defaults/main.ymlwith types, defaults, and descriptions - Example playbook usage
- Any dependencies or prerequisites
7. Test locally
make test ROLE=<rolename>
Fix any lint or test failures before committing.
8. Add to a playbook
Add the role to the appropriate playbook in playbooks/ and add the host group
to inventories/staging/hosts.yml for integration testing.
9. Clear the security checklist (services)
If the role is a service — especially one reachable beyond its own host —
walk docs/security/service-checklist.md and confirm every item passes (secrets
in vault, no default creds, least-privilege, declared firewall ports, behind the
reverse proxy with auth if exposed). Record any conscious deviation in
docs/security/accepted-risks.md. This bar is established by ADR-002; enforcement
is manual in review today, with the planned /security-review to automate it.
10. Commit
git checkout -b role/<rolename>
git add roles/<rolename>
git commit -m "Add <rolename> role"
# merge to main once make test passes, then delete the branch