🚀 Setup

SOP for setting up new 🖥️ computer / 🧠 server.

Steps & How they are done

#	Step	🧠 On-Prem	🧠 Cloud VM	🖥️ Container	🖥️ Device
1	Setup Hardware	🐒 Monkey	terraform	-	-
2	Networking	🐒 Monkey	terraform	-	-
3	Configure root SSH	🐒 Monkey	terraform	-	-
4	Configure Non-root User	🐒 Monkey	terraform	-	🐒 Monkey
5	Configure Firewall	playbook	playbook	-	-
6	Install Core Utilities	playbook	playbook	dotfiles	dotfiles
7	Configure Dotfiles	playbook	playbook	dotfiles	dotfiles
8	Install Core Applications	playbook	playbook	dotfiles	dotfiles
9	Install Application Suite	playbook	playbook	dotfiles	dotfiles

• Setup hardware: Get machine ready for use.
• Networking: Configure static IP for server, hosts, DNS.

Principles

• terraform covers VM provisioning
• dotfiles stores configs
  • There should "hopefully" be no script in dotfiles
  • STUDY compinit zcompile zstyle autoload
• Script covers
  • SSH settings
  • User creation
  • Setup machine to accept ansible commands
• All remaining steps are covered by playbooks

Core Utilities

• bash: Most scripts are written in bash.
• curl: Used to fetch remote artifacts.
• git
• make (> 4.4.1 to use --print-targets)
• nano
• sudo
• wget
• zsh

Core Applications

• Homebrew (include XCode CLI tools)
• iTerm2
• Brave
• Dropbox
• 1Password

Handful

• Alfred
• Rectangle Pro
• Hammerspoon

Windows

I don't use Windows much so nothing is automated. Here's a general step by step guide:

• Install Windows Terminal (from MS Store)
• Install winget by upgrading Get App Installer
• Install PowerShell 7
• Install gsudo with winget
• Install choco with winget