From a27735b5cf87d1d545b1a514a706b34f85d70aa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aine <aine@etke.cc>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 09:16:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add ansible.cfg; reorganize inventory a bit

---
 .gitignore                   |  2 --
 ansible.cfg                  | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/configuring-playbook.md |  2 +-
 inventory/.gitkeep           |  0
 inventory/host_vars/.gitkeep |  0
 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 ansible.cfg
 delete mode 100644 inventory/.gitkeep
 delete mode 100644 inventory/host_vars/.gitkeep

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 546bb11..cc14b36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /inventory/*
-!/inventory/.gitkeep
-!/inventory/host_vars/.gitkeep
 
 # ignore roles pulled by ansible-galaxy
 /roles/galaxy/*
diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75938b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[defaults]
+forks = 50
+timeout = 86400
+strategy = linear
+ansible_managed = Autogenerated file, do NOT edit manually.
+retry_files_enabled = False
+
+# Paths
+inventory = inventory/hosts
+roles_path = roles
+log_path = /tmp/mash.log
+
+# Remote default
+remote_user = root
+host_key_checking = False
+
+# Display
+display_skipped_hosts = False
+
+# Facts
+gathering = smart
+fact_caching = jsonfile
+fact_caching_connection=/tmp/mash
+
+
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True
+ssh_args = -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=30m -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey
+control_path = /tmp/mash/ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r
diff --git a/docs/configuring-playbook.md b/docs/configuring-playbook.md
index 83185ac..cb4c7a4 100644
--- a/docs/configuring-playbook.md
+++ b/docs/configuring-playbook.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ To configure the playbook, you need to have done the following things:
 
 You can then follow these steps inside the playbook directory:
 
-1. create a directory to hold your configuration (`mkdir inventory/host_vars/<your-domain>`)
+1. create a directory to hold your configuration (`mkdir -p inventory/host_vars/<your-domain>`)
 
 2. copy the sample configuration file (`cp examples/vars.yml inventory/host_vars/<your-domain>/vars.yml`)
 
diff --git a/inventory/.gitkeep b/inventory/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/.gitkeep b/inventory/host_vars/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000