--- # Linode C2 Deployment Playbook - name: Deploy Linode C2 server hosts: localhost gather_facts: false connection: local vars_files: - vars.yaml vars: # Default values for required variables linode_region: "{{ linode_region | default(region_choices | random) }}" plan: "{{ plan | default('g6-standard-2') }}" image: "{{ image | default('linode/kali') }}" # Generate random instance name if not provided c2_name: "{{ c2_name | default('node-' + 9999999999 | random | to_uuid | hash('md5') | truncate(8, True, '')) }}" tasks: - name: Validate required Linode token assert: that: - linode_token is defined and linode_token != "" fail_msg: "Linode API token is required. Set linode_token in vars.yaml or via --linode-token." - name: Create C2 Linode instance community.general.linode_v4: access_token: "{{ linode_token }}" label: "{{ c2_name }}" type: "{{ plan }}" region: "{{ selected_region }}" # Use Kali for C2 by default image: "{{ c2_image | default('linode/kali') }}" root_pass: "{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null length=16') }}" authorized_keys: - "{{ lookup('file', ssh_key_path) }}" state: present register: linode_instance - name: Set c2_ip for later use set_fact: c2_ip: "{{ c2_instance.instance.ipv4[0] }}" c2_instance_id: "{{ c2_instance.instance.id }}" # Enhanced SSH wait task for Linode/c2.yml - name: Wait for C2 SSH to be available block: - name: Initial wait for port to be open wait_for: host: "{{ c2_instance.instance.ipv4[0] }}" port: 22 delay: 60 timeout: 180 state: started - name: Additional pause for SSH initialization pause: seconds: 60 - name: Test SSH connection command: > ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o ConnectTimeout=10 -i {{ ssh_key_path | replace('.pub', '') }} root@{{ c2_instance.instance.ipv4[0] }} echo "SSH Ready" register: ssh_test retries: 5 delay: 20 until: ssh_test.rc == 0 ignore_errors: yes - name: Fail if SSH test unsuccessful fail: msg: "Could not connect to C2 server via SSH after multiple attempts" when: ssh_test.rc != 0 # Fix: use hardcoded "root" instead of a nested templating expression - name: Add C2 to inventory add_host: name: "c2" groups: "c2servers" ansible_host: "{{ c2_ip }}" ansible_user: "root" ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "{{ ssh_key_path | replace('.pub', '') }}" ansible_ssh_common_args: "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" - name: Configure C2 server hosts: c2servers become: true gather_facts: true vars_files: - vars.yaml vars: redirector_ip: "{{ redirector_ip | default('127.0.0.1') }}" c2_subdomain: "{{ c2_subdomain | default('mail') }}" tasks: - name: Wait for apt to be available apt: update_cache: yes register: apt_result until: apt_result is success retries: 5 delay: 10 - name: Disable root password authentication for SSH immediately lineinfile: path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config regexp: '^#?PasswordAuthentication' line: 'PasswordAuthentication no' state: present - name: Restart SSH service to apply changes service: name: ssh state: restarted - name: Include common tool installation tasks include_tasks: "../tasks/install_tools.yml" - name: Include common C2 configuration tasks include_tasks: "../tasks/configure_c2.yml" - name: Include common security hardening tasks include_tasks: "../tasks/security_hardening.yml" - name: Include common mail server configuration tasks include_tasks: "../tasks/configure_mail.yml" - name: Print deployment summary debug: msg: - "C2 Server Deployment Complete!" - "-----------------------------" - "C2 Server IP: {{ ansible_host }}" - "C2 Server Domain: {{ c2_subdomain }}.{{ domain }} (Update DNS A record)" - "GoPhish Admin Port: {{ gophish_admin_port }}" when: not disable_summary | default(false)