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+# PSM Server Provisioning
+
+This Ansible Playbook is designed to provision a **Debian-based** server with the following:
+- LAMP Stack (apache2, mariadb)
+- Wordpress prerequisites (PHP modules, apache ssl/rewrite, imagemagick)
+- Apache configuration
+- Provisioning of SSL certificate
+## Usage
+Modify the parameters in *vars.yml* and specify the host in *hosts.ini*, then run
+```
+ansible-playbook -i hosts.ini ./provision.yml
+``` 
+Note: Root access through public key authentication must be setup on server prior.
+
+## To-Do
+Setup provisioning of:
+- firewalld
+- fail2ban
+