- Add MENTALMODEL.md documenting architecture and tool responsibilities
- Clarify Salt is for ongoing configuration management and automation
- Clarify Ansible is for ComplianceAsCode deployment from github.com/ComplianceAsCode/content
- Update README.md to reflect correct understanding of tool purposes
- Update decision matrix for when to use each tool
- Document migration path and future service plans (Beszel, Netbird via Salt)
Establishes clear separation of concerns across the configuration management ecosystem.
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- Remove all librenms references from initializers and configuration
- Keep tailscale as requested (remove netbird plans)
- Add ansible-core (already present) and salt-minion packages
- Create salt-client initializer for minion configuration
- Update roles to replace librenms-agent with salt-client
- Simplify oam initializer to only handle up2date script
- Update README to reflect new architecture and tools
Prepares infrastructure for migration to Salt configuration management
while maintaining tailscale for VPN connectivity.
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- Created base FetchApply directory structure with classes, initializers, modules, roles, and variables
- Ported SetupNewSystem.sh functionality to modular FetchApply structure
- Created server classes: physical, virtual, librenms, database, webserver, dev-workstation
- Implemented initializers for system-setup, packages, ssh-keys, and user-configuration
- Created modules for oam, system-config, ssh-hardening, and librenms-agent
- Defined security and monitoring roles
- Copied configuration templates from KNELServerBuild
- Updated README with comprehensive FetchApply usage instructions
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