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README.md

+# Ansible development VM
+
+A -- very simple -- Ansible playbook that adds a new local user to `utility[\d+].dev.gap.geant.org`, such that a user can log in and provision a new development VM using Terraform.
+
+Example usage of this playbook:
+```
+ansible-playbook -i 127.0.0.1, playbook.yml -e "username=$USERNAME" -e "full_name=$YOUR_NAME" -k
+```
+
+Remember to fill in the variables `$USERNAME` and `$YOUR_NAME`

playbook.yml

+- name: Set up new Linux user
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  vars:
+  roles:
+    - gap_utility_user

roles/gap_utility_user/tasks/main.yml

+- name: Add a new Linux user
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ username }}"
+    comment: "{{ full_name }}"
+    groups: sudo
+    append: yes
+    # generate_ssh_key: yes
+    # ssh_key_bits: 4096
+    # ssh_key_comment: "{{ username }}'s key"
+  register: user_output
+
+- name: Create new VM for development
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+  msg: "Now, provision a new VM using Terraform"