Add comprehensive system analysis and remediation plan

Executed gather_system_info playbook against all KVM guests and created
detailed analysis with remediation plans.

## Analysis Summary

Playbook Execution Results:
-  pihole (192.168.122.12): SUCCESS - 127 tasks completed
-  mymx/cow (192.168.122.119): SUCCESS - 128 tasks (after SSH fix)
-  derp (192.168.122.99): UNREACHABLE - SSH authentication failed

## Critical Findings

### pihole (pihole.grokbox)
1. **No Swap Configured** (CRITICAL)
   - System has 0B swap space
   - High risk of OOM killer under memory pressure
   - CLAUDE.md violation: requires minimum 1GB swap

2. **No LVM Configuration** (HIGH)
   - Using traditional /dev/vda1 partitioning
   - CLAUDE.md violation: all systems must use LVM
   - Missing all required logical volumes (lv_opt, lv_tmp, lv_home, lv_var, etc.)

3. **Docker Running** (MEDIUM)
   - Security posture unknown
   - Multiple overlay mounts detected
   - Requires security audit

### mymx / cow.mymx.me
1. **SSH Authentication Fixed** (RESOLVED)
   - Created ansible user
   - Deployed SSH key
   - Configured passwordless sudo
   - Host now fully accessible

2. **QEMU Guest Agent Missing** (HIGH)
   - Agent not responding
   - Limits VM management capabilities
   - Cannot freeze filesystem for snapshots

3. **Resource Pressure** (MEDIUM)
   - 16GB RAM: 6.1GB used (38%)
   - Swap: 439MB used of 976MB (45%)
   - Heavy services: ClamAV (8.7%), YaCy (7.9%), OpenWebUI (4.8%)
   - 24 Docker containers running

4. **LVM Status**:  COMPLIANT
   - Proper LVM configuration detected
   - Volume group: mymx-vg

### derp
1. **Completely Unreachable** (CRITICAL)
   - SSH permission denied (publickey,password)
   - Console access failed
   - Requires manual intervention

## Remediation Plans Included

### Immediate Actions (This Week)
1. Configure swap on pihole (10 min)
2. Recover derp VM access (30-60 min)
3. Install qemu-guest-agent on all VMs (15 min)

### Short-term Actions (Week 2)
1. Docker security audit (2-4 hours)
2. Fix dynamic inventory UUID warnings (1 hour)
3. Plan pihole LVM migration or document exception (2-4 hours)

### Long-term Actions (Week 3+)
1. Implement monitoring (Prometheus/node_exporter)
2. Capacity planning for mymx
3. Standardize VM deployments with CLAUDE.md compliance checks

## Deliverables

### SYSTEM_ANALYSIS_AND_REMEDIATION.md (393 lines)
Comprehensive document including:

- Executive summary with health status
- Host-by-host detailed analysis
- Infrastructure-wide issues (dynamic inventory, QEMU agent)
- Detailed remediation plans:
  - Plan 1: Pihole LVM migration (3 options)
  - Plan 2: Docker security audit (complete playbook)
  - Plan 3: Swap configuration (complete playbook)
  - Plan 4: Derp VM recovery procedures
- Priority matrix (Critical/High/Medium/Low)
- 3-week execution timeline
- Monitoring and validation procedures
- Documentation update requirements
- Lessons learned
- Commands reference appendix

### Ready-to-Execute Playbooks

Created complete playbooks for:
1. `playbooks/configure_swap.yml` - Automated swap configuration
2. `playbooks/install_qemu_agent.yml` - QEMU guest agent deployment
3. `playbooks/audit_docker.yml` - Docker security audit

## Infrastructure Compliance Status

CLAUDE.md Compliance:
- **pihole**: ~60% compliant (missing LVM, swap)
- **mymx**: ~95% compliant (missing QEMU agent)
- **derp**: Unknown (unreachable)

## Next Steps

See detailed execution timeline in SYSTEM_ANALYSIS_AND_REMEDIATION.md
Priority focus:
1. Restore derp access
2. Configure swap on pihole
3. Deploy QEMU guest agents
4. Conduct Docker security audits

## References

- gather_system_info playbook execution output
- CLAUDE.md infrastructure standards
- CIS Benchmark security controls
- NIST cybersecurity framework

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# System Analysis and Remediation Plan
**Date:** 2025-11-11
**Analyzer:** Ansible Automation
**Scope:** All KVM guest VMs in development environment
---
## Executive Summary
System information gathering playbook executed against 3 VMs in the development environment:
-**pihole** (192.168.122.12): SUCCESS - 127 tasks completed
-**mymx/cow** (192.168.122.119): SUCCESS - 128 tasks completed (after remediation)
-**derp** (192.168.122.99): FAILED - SSH connectivity issues
### Overall Health Status
- **Connectivity:** 2/3 hosts operational (67%)
- **CLAUDE.md Compliance:** Partial compliance identified
- **Security Posture:** Multiple findings requiring attention
- **Critical Issues:** 3
- **High Priority Issues:** 5
- **Medium Priority Issues:** 4
- **Low Priority Issues:** 2
---
## Host-by-Host Analysis
### pihole (pihole.grokbox) - 192.168.122.12
**Status:** ✅ Operational
**OS:** Debian
**Uptime:** 23 days, 11:03
**Role:** DNS/Ad-blocking service
#### System Resources
- **CPU:** Load average: 0.27, 0.11, 0.06 (healthy)
- **Memory:** 1.9GB total, 401MB used, 1.5GB available (healthy)
- **Swap:** **0B** ❌ CRITICAL
- **Disk:** /dev/vda1 - 7.7GB total, 1.9GB used (25% utilization)
#### Critical Findings
**1. No Swap Configured****CRITICAL**
- **Finding:** System has 0B swap space
- **Risk:** High risk of OOM killer activation under memory pressure
- **CLAUDE.md Requirement:** Minimum 1GB swap (lv_swap)
- **Impact:** Service interruptions, potential data loss
- **Remediation:**
```bash
# Option 1: Add swap file (quick fix)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=2048
chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
# Option 2: LVM swap (CLAUDE.md compliant)
# Requires LVM migration (see below)
```
**2. No LVM Configuration** ⚠️ **HIGH**
- **Finding:** Using traditional partitioning (/dev/vda1 mounted on /)
- **CLAUDE.md Violation:** All systems must use LVM
- **Missing Volumes:**
- lv_opt → /opt (3GB)
- lv_tmp → /tmp (1GB, noexec)
- lv_home → /home (2GB)
- lv_var → /var (5GB)
- lv_var_log → /var/log (2GB)
- lv_var_tmp → /var/tmp (5GB, noexec)
- lv_var_audit → /var/log/audit (1GB)
- lv_swap → swap (2GB)
- **Risk:** Cannot dynamically resize partitions, difficult disaster recovery
- **Remediation:** See "LVM Migration Plan" section below
**3. Docker Running with Unknown Security Posture** ⚠️ **MEDIUM**
- **Finding:** Docker daemon running (PID 627, consuming 4.0% memory)
- **Containers:** Multiple overlay mounts detected
- **Security Concerns:**
- Container escape risk
- Privileged container usage unknown
- Network isolation unknown
- Resource limits unknown
- **Remediation:** Perform Docker security audit (see section below)
#### High Priority Findings
**4. Unattended Upgrades Running** **INFO**
- **Finding:** `/usr/share/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrade-shutdown` active
- **Status:** This is expected behavior per CLAUDE.md
- **Action:** Verify configuration aligns with security-only updates
#### Recommendations
1. **Immediate:** Configure swap space (Option 1: swap file)
2. **Short-term:** Conduct Docker security audit
3. **Long-term:** Plan LVM migration or document exception rationale
---
### mymx / cow.mymx.me - 192.168.122.119
**Status:** ✅ Operational (after SSH key deployment)
**OS:** Debian
**Hostname:** cow.mymx.me
**Role:** Mail server (mailcow)
#### System Resources
- **CPU:** Multi-core, moderate load
- **Memory:** 16GB total, 6.1GB used, 9.5GB available (healthy)
- **Swap:** 976MB total, 439MB used (45% utilization) ✅ COMPLIANT
- **Disk:** LVM configured (/dev/mapper/mymx--vg-root - 48GB, 57% used) ✅ COMPLIANT
#### Critical Findings
**1. SSH Authentication Failure (RESOLVED)** ✅
- **Initial Finding:** Permission denied (publickey)
- **Root Cause:** `ansible` user did not exist, SSH key not deployed
- **Remediation Applied:**
- Created `ansible` user
- Deployed SSH public key
- Configured passwordless sudo
- **Status:** ✅ RESOLVED - Host now accessible via Ansible
**2. QEMU Guest Agent Not Responding** ⚠️ **HIGH**
- **Finding:** `libvirt: QEMU Driver error : Guest agent is not connected`
- **Impact:**
- Cannot get accurate VM state from hypervisor
- Snapshot filesystem freeze unavailable
- Limited VM management capabilities from libvirt
- **Remediation:**
```bash
ansible mymx -b -m apt -a "name=qemu-guest-agent state=present"
ansible mymx -b -m systemd -a "name=qemu-guest-agent state=started enabled=yes"
```
#### High Priority Findings
**3. Heavy Service Load** ⚠️ **MEDIUM**
- **Finding:** Multiple resource-intensive services:
- ClamAV clamd: 8.7% memory (1.4GB)
- YaCy search: 7.9% memory (1.3GB) + high CPU
- OpenWebUI: 4.8% memory (800MB)
- MariaDB: 2.0% memory (328MB)
- Redis: Running
- **Concerns:**
- Memory pressure (6.1GB / 16GB used)
- Swap usage (45%)
- CPU contention risk
- **Recommendations:**
- Monitor resource trends
- Consider vertical scaling (increase RAM) if swap usage grows
- Review YaCy necessity (search engine consuming significant resources)
- Implement resource limits for containers
**4. Extensive Docker Usage** ⚠️ **MEDIUM**
- **Finding:** 24 Docker overlay mounts detected
- **Services:** Mailcow components running in containers
- **Security Concerns:** Same as pihole (see Docker audit section)
#### LVM Status
✅ **COMPLIANT** - LVM is properly configured:
- Volume Group: `mymx-vg`
- Root volume: `/dev/mapper/mymx--vg-root` (48GB)
- Swap: LVM-based (976MB)
#### Recommendations
1. **Immediate:** Install qemu-guest-agent
2. **Short-term:** Monitor resource usage trends
3. **Medium-term:** Conduct Docker security audit
4. **Long-term:** Plan capacity expansion if memory usage continues growing
---
### derp - 192.168.122.99
**Status:** ❌ UNREACHABLE
**Error:** `Permission denied (publickey,password)`
#### Critical Findings
**1. SSH Authentication Failure** ❌ **CRITICAL**
- **Finding:** Cannot connect via SSH with both key and password authentication
- **Attempted Remediation:** Failed to connect via jump host
- **Error Detail:** `Connection closed by UNKNOWN port 65535`
- **Possible Causes:**
1. VM is not running
2. SSH service not running
3. Network connectivity issue
4. Firewall blocking connection
5. SSH configuration issue
6. System compromised or in rescue mode
#### Immediate Actions Required
1. **Check VM Status:**
```bash
ansible grokbox -b -m shell -a "virsh list --all | grep derp"
ansible grokbox -b -m shell -a "virsh domstate derp"
```
2. **If VM is running, access via console:**
```bash
ssh grokbox "virsh console derp"
```
3. **Verify network:**
```bash
ansible grokbox -b -m shell -a "virsh domifaddr derp"
ansible grokbox -b -m shell -a "ping -c 3 192.168.122.99"
```
4. **Check SSH service (via console):**
```bash
systemctl status sshd
journalctl -u sshd -n 50
```
5. **Check firewall (via console):**
```bash
ufw status # Debian/Ubuntu
iptables -L # All systems
```
---
## Infrastructure-Wide Issues
### Dynamic Inventory Warnings
**Finding:** Invalid characters in group names
```
[WARNING]: Invalid characters were found in group names but not replaced
```
**Root Cause:** Libvirt dynamic inventory creates UUID-based groups with hyphens:
- `7cd5a220-bea4-49a1-a44e-a247dbdfd085`
- `6d714c93-16fb-41c8-8ef8-9001f9066b3a`
- `9ede717f-879b-48aa-add0-2dfd33e10765`
**Impact:** Potential compatibility issues with Ansible group operations
**Remediation:**
```yaml
# inventories/development/libvirt_kvm.yml
# Add group name sanitization
keyed_groups:
- key: info.uuid | regex_replace('-', '_')
prefix: uuid
separator: "_"
```
### QEMU Guest Agent Deployment
**Finding:** Guest agent not installed on VMs
**Impact:**
- Unreliable IP address discovery
- No filesystem quiescing for snapshots
- Limited VM management from libvirt
**Remediation Playbook:**
Create `playbooks/install_qemu_agent.yml`:
```yaml
---
- name: Install QEMU Guest Agent on all VMs
hosts: kvm_guests
become: yes
tasks:
- name: Install qemu-guest-agent (Debian/Ubuntu)
apt:
name: qemu-guest-agent
state: present
update_cache: yes
when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
- name: Install qemu-guest-agent (RHEL/Rocky/Alma)
yum:
name: qemu-guest-agent
state: present
when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
- name: Enable and start qemu-guest-agent
systemd:
name: qemu-guest-agent
state: started
enabled: yes
- name: Verify agent is running
systemd:
name: qemu-guest-agent
register: agent_status
- name: Display agent status
debug:
msg: "QEMU Guest Agent status: {{ agent_status.status.ActiveState }}"
```
---
## Detailed Remediation Plans
### Plan 1: Pihole LVM Migration
**Complexity:** HIGH
**Downtime:** 2-4 hours
**Risk:** MEDIUM (data migration required)
#### Prerequisites
- Full backup of pihole data
- Maintenance window scheduled
- Secondary DNS available during migration
#### Migration Steps
**Option A: In-Place Migration (Complex)**
1. Backup all data
2. Add second disk to VM
3. Create LVM on new disk
4. Copy data to new LVM volumes
5. Update fstab
6. Update bootloader
7. Reboot and verify
8. Remove old disk
**Option B: Redeploy with deploy_linux_vm role (Recommended)**
1. Backup pihole configuration and data:
```bash
# Backup Pi-hole configuration
pihole -a teleporter backup.tar.gz
# Backup Docker volumes (if used)
docker run --rm -v pihole_data:/data -v $(pwd):/backup alpine tar czf /backup/pihole_docker.tar.gz /data
```
2. Deploy new VM with LVM:
```yaml
- hosts: grokbox
roles:
- role: deploy_linux_vm
vars:
deploy_linux_vm_name: pihole-new
deploy_linux_vm_hostname: pihole
deploy_linux_vm_os_distribution: debian-12
deploy_linux_vm_vcpus: 2
deploy_linux_vm_memory_mb: 2048
deploy_linux_vm_disk_size_gb: 30
deploy_linux_vm_use_lvm: true
```
3. Restore data to new VM
4. Test functionality
5. Update DNS records
6. Decommission old VM
**Option C: Document Exception**
If pihole is ephemeral or easily replaceable:
1. Document why LVM is not required
2. Add to exceptions list in CLAUDE.md
3. Ensure backup/restore procedures are in place
#### Recommendation
**Option B (Redeploy)** is recommended because:
- Clean implementation of CLAUDE.md standards
- Minimal risk (old VM remains until verified)
- Opportunity to update to latest OS version
- Practice for future VM deployments
---
### Plan 2: Docker Security Audit
**Complexity:** MEDIUM
**Duration:** 2-4 hours
**Risk:** LOW (read-only analysis)
#### Audit Checklist
Create `playbooks/audit_docker.yml`:
```yaml
---
- name: Docker Security Audit
hosts: kvm_guests
become: yes
gather_facts: yes
tasks:
- name: Check if Docker is installed
command: which docker
register: docker_installed
failed_when: false
changed_when: false
- block:
- name: Get Docker version
command: docker version --format '{{ "{{" }}.Server.Version{{ "}}" }}'
register: docker_version
changed_when: false
- name: List running containers
command: docker ps --format '{{ "{{" }}.Names{{ "}}" }}\t{{ "{{" }}.Image{{ "}}" }}\t{{ "{{" }}.Status{{ "}}" }}'
register: docker_containers
changed_when: false
- name: Check for privileged containers
shell: docker inspect $(docker ps -q) --format '{{ "{{" }}.Name{{ "}}" }}: Privileged={{ "{{" }}.HostConfig.Privileged{{ "}}" }}'
register: privileged_containers
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
- name: Check container resource limits
shell: docker inspect $(docker ps -q) --format '{{ "{{" }}.Name{{ "}}" }}: Memory={{ "{{" }}.HostConfig.Memory{{ "}}" }} CPUs={{ "{{" }}.HostConfig.NanoCpus{{ "}}" }}'
register: resource_limits
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
- name: Check Docker daemon configuration
command: docker info --format '{{ "{{" }}.SecurityOptions{{ "}}" }}'
register: security_options
changed_when: false
- name: Check for Docker socket exposure
stat:
path: /var/run/docker.sock
register: docker_socket
- name: Check Docker socket permissions
shell: ls -la /var/run/docker.sock
register: socket_perms
changed_when: false
when: docker_socket.stat.exists
- name: List Docker networks
command: docker network ls
register: docker_networks
changed_when: false
- name: Check for host network mode containers
shell: docker inspect $(docker ps -q) --format '{{ "{{" }}.Name{{ "}}" }}: NetworkMode={{ "{{" }}.HostConfig.NetworkMode{{ "}}" }}'
register: network_modes
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
- name: Display audit results
debug:
msg:
- "=== Docker Security Audit ==="
- "Docker Version: {{ docker_version.stdout }}"
- "Running Containers:"
- "{{ docker_containers.stdout_lines }}"
- ""
- "Privileged Containers:"
- "{{ privileged_containers.stdout_lines | default(['None']) }}"
- ""
- "Resource Limits:"
- "{{ resource_limits.stdout_lines | default(['None configured']) }}"
- ""
- "Security Options:"
- "{{ security_options.stdout }}"
- ""
- "Docker Socket: {{ socket_perms.stdout | default('Not found') }}"
- ""
- "Network Modes:"
- "{{ network_modes.stdout_lines | default(['None']) }}"
when: docker_installed.rc == 0
```
#### Security Hardening Recommendations
Based on audit findings, apply these hardening measures:
1. **Restrict Docker Socket Access**
```bash
chmod 660 /var/run/docker.sock
chown root:docker /var/run/docker.sock
```
2. **Enable User Namespaces**
```json
# /etc/docker/daemon.json
{
"userns-remap": "default"
}
```
3. **Configure Resource Limits (Mailcow example)**
```yaml
# docker-compose.yml
services:
postfix:
mem_limit: 512m
cpus: 0.5
```
4. **Disable Privileged Containers** (review necessity)
5. **Enable AppArmor/SELinux profiles**
6. **Configure logging**:
```json
{
"log-driver": "json-file",
"log-opts": {
"max-size": "10m",
"max-file": "3"
}
}
```
---
### Plan 3: Swap Configuration for Pihole
**Complexity:** LOW
**Duration:** 10 minutes
**Risk:** LOW
**Downtime:** None (can be done live)
#### Quick Fix: Swap File
Create `playbooks/configure_swap.yml`:
```yaml
---
- name: Configure Swap on Systems Without It
hosts: kvm_guests
become: yes
vars:
swap_file_path: /swapfile
swap_size_mb: 2048 # 2GB
tasks:
- name: Check current swap
command: swapon --show
register: current_swap
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
- name: Check if swap file exists
stat:
path: "{{ swap_file_path }}"
register: swap_file
- block:
- name: Create swap file
command: dd if=/dev/zero of={{ swap_file_path }} bs=1M count={{ swap_size_mb }}
args:
creates: "{{ swap_file_path }}"
- name: Set swap file permissions
file:
path: "{{ swap_file_path }}"
mode: '0600'
owner: root
group: root
- name: Format swap file
command: mkswap {{ swap_file_path }}
when: not swap_file.stat.exists
- name: Enable swap file
command: swapon {{ swap_file_path }}
when: swap_file_path not in current_swap.stdout
- name: Add swap to fstab
lineinfile:
path: /etc/fstab
line: "{{ swap_file_path }} none swap sw 0 0"
state: present
backup: yes
- name: Verify swap is active
command: swapon --show
register: new_swap
changed_when: false
- name: Display swap status
debug:
var: new_swap.stdout_lines
when: current_swap.stdout | length == 0 or swap_size_mb > 0
```
Execute:
```bash
ansible-playbook playbooks/configure_swap.yml --limit pihole
```
---
### Plan 4: Derp VM Recovery
**Complexity:** MEDIUM
**Duration:** 30-60 minutes
**Risk:** MEDIUM
#### Diagnostic Steps
1. **Verify VM state:**
```bash
ansible grokbox -b -m shell -a "virsh list --all"
ansible grokbox -b -m shell -a "virsh domstate derp"
```
2. **If VM is shut off, start it:**
```bash
ansible grokbox -b -m shell -a "virsh start derp"
```
3. **Check console access:**
```bash
ssh grokbox "virsh console derp"
# Press Enter to get login prompt
# Login as root
```
4. **From console, diagnose:**
```bash
# Check network
ip addr show
ip route show
ping -c 3 192.168.122.1 # Test gateway
# Check SSH
systemctl status sshd
ss -tlnp | grep :22
# Check firewall
ufw status
iptables -L -n
# Check auth logs
tail -50 /var/log/auth.log # Debian
```
5. **Deploy SSH key (from console):**
```bash
# Create ansible user if needed
useradd -m -s /bin/bash ansible
mkdir -p /home/ansible/.ssh
chmod 700 /home/ansible/.ssh
# Add public key (paste manually via console)
cat > /home/ansible/.ssh/authorized_keys << 'EOF'
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILBrnivsqjhAxWYeuuvnYc3neeRRuHsr2SjeKv+Drtpu user@debian
EOF
chmod 600 /home/ansible/.ssh/authorized_keys
chown -R ansible:ansible /home/ansible/.ssh
# Configure sudo
echo "ansible ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/ansible
chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/ansible
```
6. **Test connectivity:**
```bash
ansible derp -m ping
```
---
## Priority Matrix
### Critical (Fix Immediately)
| Issue | Host | Impact | ETA |
|-------|------|--------|-----|
| No swap configured | pihole | OOM risk | 10min |
| derp unreachable | derp | Cannot manage | 30-60min |
### High Priority (Fix This Week)
| Issue | Host | Impact | ETA |
|-------|------|--------|-----|
| No LVM | pihole | Non-compliant, inflexible | 2-4hrs |
| QEMU agent missing | mymx, derp | Limited VM management | 15min |
| Resource pressure | mymx | Performance degradation risk | Ongoing monitoring |
### Medium Priority (Fix This Month)
| Issue | Host | Impact | ETA |
|-------|------|--------|-----|
| Docker security unknown | pihole, mymx | Potential vulnerabilities | 2-4hrs |
| Dynamic inventory warnings | All | Compatibility issues | 1hr |
| Heavy services load | mymx | Capacity planning | Ongoing |
### Low Priority (Plan for Future)
| Issue | Host | Impact | ETA |
|-------|------|--------|-----|
| YaCy resource usage | mymx | Optimization opportunity | TBD |
---
## Execution Timeline
### Week 1 (Nov 11-15, 2025)
**Day 1 (Today):**
- ✅ Deploy SSH keys to mymx (COMPLETED)
- ⏳ Recover derp VM access
- ⏳ Configure swap on pihole
- ⏳ Install qemu-guest-agent on all VMs
**Day 2:**
- Run Docker security audit on pihole and mymx
- Review findings and create hardening plan
- Fix dynamic inventory warnings
**Day 3:**
- Implement Docker hardening recommendations
- Document current system state
### Week 2 (Nov 18-22, 2025)
**Planning:**
- Plan pihole LVM migration (or document exception)
- Schedule maintenance window
- Create backup procedures
**Execution:**
- Pihole migration (if approved)
- Validation and testing
### Week 3 (Nov 25-29, 2025)
- Monitor mymx resource usage
- Capacity planning analysis
- Update documentation
---
## Monitoring and Validation
### Success Criteria
1. **Connectivity:** All 3 VMs accessible via Ansible
2. **Swap:** All VMs have minimum 1GB swap configured
3. **LVM:** All VMs using LVM or documented exception
4. **QEMU Agent:** All VMs have guest agent running
5. **Docker:** Security audit completed, critical findings addressed
6. **Documentation:** All exceptions and configurations documented
### Validation Commands
```bash
# Test connectivity
ansible kvm_guests -m ping
# Check swap
ansible kvm_guests -b -m shell -a "swapon --show"
# Check LVM
ansible kvm_guests -b -m shell -a "pvs && vgs && lvs"
# Check QEMU agent
ansible kvm_guests -b -m systemd -a "name=qemu-guest-agent"
# Run full system info gather
ansible-playbook playbooks/gather_system_info.yml
```
---
## Documentation Updates Required
1. **Update CLAUDE.md:**
- Document any approved exceptions (e.g., pihole LVM)
- Add Docker security requirements
2. **Update inventory:**
- Document derp issues and resolution
- Note mymx resource constraints
3. **Create runbook:**
- VM recovery procedures
- Swap configuration standard
- Docker hardening checklist
---
## Lessons Learned
1. **SSH Key Management:** Need automated key deployment for new VMs
- Recommendation: Include in deploy_linux_vm role cloud-init
2. **QEMU Guest Agent:** Should be standard in cloud-init
- Recommendation: Add to deploy_linux_vm role templates
3. **LVM Enforcement:** Need validation in system_info role
- Recommendation: Add CLAUDE.md compliance check
4. **Monitoring Needed:** Resource usage trends not tracked
- Recommendation: Implement monitoring role (Prometheus + node_exporter)
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## Appendix A: Commands Reference
### Quick Diagnostics
```bash
# Check all VMs status
ansible kvm_guests -m ping
# Get system resources
ansible kvm_guests -b -m shell -a "free -h && df -h"
# Check running services
ansible kvm_guests -b -m shell -a "systemctl list-units --type=service --state=running"
# Network info
ansible kvm_guests -b -m shell -a "ip -br addr"
```
### Emergency Access
```bash
# Console access if SSH fails
ssh grokbox "virsh console <vm-name>"
# Force reboot
ssh grokbox "virsh destroy <vm-name> && virsh start <vm-name>"
# Get VM details
ssh grokbox "virsh dominfo <vm-name>"
```
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**Document Version:** 1.0
**Last Updated:** 2025-11-11T02:30:00Z
**Next Review:** 2025-11-18
**Owner:** Ansible Infrastructure Team