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@@ -784,3 +784,73 @@ https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_reuse_roles.htm
 - make copy of ~/.ansible into repo for reference:
 
     rsync -avzhrP ~/.ansible* ~/repos/ansible_repo/home/
+
+- my next projects will be to do the following on a managed host:
+  - [ ] setup/update system files
+    - import needed public keys
+      - slackware
+      - slackbuilds
+  - [ ] setup/update network files
+  - [ ] setup a firewall
+    - probably need to use a 'handler' for this
+  - [ ] create/update a user
+    - [ ] copy/create needed files in users home directory
+    - [ ] copy need ssh keys
+      - use ansible vaults
+    - [ ] add to sudoers
+      - may need to use a template' for this
+  - [ ] configure/perform slackpkg updates
+  - [ ] run the sbopkg package manager to install a package
+    - clamav
+  - [ ] perform a system backup
+
+
+- a slacker created a wiki entry on how to perform slackware
+  automation using ansible
+  https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:slackware_automation_using_ansible
+  https://gitlab.com/mmlj4/ansible_slackware_bootstrap
+
+- some notes on how to use a 'slackpg module' for ansible
+  https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/slackpkg_module.html
+
+- the difference between using 'ansible.builtin.shell' vs
+  'ansible.builtin.command'
+  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56663332/difference-between-shell-and-command-in-ansible
+
+
+** <2023-12-12 Tue>
+
+today i learned that ansible makes it a lil difficult to copy/move
+files around on the controller node.  they make it very apparent that
+ansible is for contolling managed nodes not necessarily controlling
+the control node.
+
+** <2023-12-13 Wed>
+
+looking at examples to update a file on a managed host
+
+these examples use the 'lineinfile' module
+https://www.middlewareinventory.com/blog/ansible-update-etc-hosts-file-across-all-hosts/
+https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/lineinfile_module.html
+
+- regex syntax for python
+  https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html
+- an online python regex syntax checker
+  https://pythex.org/
+
+** <2023-12-14 Thu>
+
+copy 'rc.firewall' from bbox to boom2:
+
+rsync --progress -avzhr --delete -e 'ssh -i ~/.ssh/20231024bbox' dpierre@192.168.0.220:/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall ~/.ansible/roles/new_host/files/
+
+https://chmod-calculator.com/
+
+---
+- name: "09 - custom ansible - backup system files"
+  hosts: localhost
+  tasks:
+  - name: backup '/etc/fstab' 
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: backup_etc_dir variable = {{ backup_etc_dir }}
+    tags: ['fstab']