--- - name: Install base system packages apt: name: # Base utilities - htop - curl - wget - unzip - xclip # Network and admin tools - net-tools - ufw - fail2ban - mailutils # Monitoring tools - iotop - nethogs - logwatch state: present - name: Configure fail2ban template: src: jail.local.j2 dest: /etc/fail2ban/jail.local mode: '0644' notify: restart fail2ban # UFW enablement moved to ssh role to avoid lockout - name: Set timezone timezone: name: "{{ timezone | default('UTC') }}" - name: Configure locale locale_gen: name: "{{ locale | default('en_US.UTF-8') }}" state: present