Provisioning Task: System Bootstrapping & Tagging

Goal

Establish baseline identity and documentation for new servers.

Steps

1. Set hostname

   hostnamectl set-hostname srv-app-01
   

2. Tag system in inventory or CMDB

3. Update internal spreadsheet, Git repo, or tool like Netbox.

4. Create /etc/motd or /etc/issue.net

   echo "Welcome to srv-app-01 | Prod | Managed by Ansible" > /etc/motd
   

5. Register in monitoring and backups

6. Add to Prometheus scrape config
7. Confirm backup cronjob or automation task

Output

System fully identified and integrated into ops ecosystem.