macbook

Initial configuration

# Clone the repo
git clone git@github.com:erictchin/macbook.git
cd macbook

# Install XCode CLI, pip, and upstream ansible
./bootstrap.sh

Create your config

# Create your config.
# Edit `vars/config.yml` with your favorite editor.  Check the list of applications to be installed.
cp vars/config.yml.sample vars/config.yml

# Provision
# This will provision MacOS and configure better defaults
ansible-playbook -vvv playbooks/provision.yml --ask-become-pass --extra-vars=@vars/config.yml

# Security
# This will configure extra security features of MacOS
ansible-playbook -vvv playbooks/security.yml --ask-become-pass

Extras

• To configure just system defaults

ansible-playbook -vvv playbooks/defaults.yml --ask-become-pass --extra-vars=@vars/config.yml

Notes

• MacOS hardening according to CIS. The security playbook will apply a custom configuration of security-related OS configuration. Its core is based off of CIS for macOS Sierra.