DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Ansible Role for DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Profile Description:
This profile contains configuration checks that align to the
DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 V1R12.
In addition to being applicable to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, DISA recognizes this
configuration baseline as applicable to the operating system tier of
Red Hat technologies that are based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, such as:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation and Desktop
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC
• Red Hat Storage
• Red Hat Containers with a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 image

The tasks that are used in this role are generated using OpenSCAP. See the OpenSCAP project for more details on Ansible playbook generation at https://github.com/OpenSCAP/openscap

To submit a fix or enhancement for an Ansible task that is failing or missing in this role, see the ComplianceAsCode project at https://github.com/ComplianceAsCode/content

Requirements

• Ansible version 2.9 or higher

Role Variables

To customize the role to your liking, check out the list of variables.

Dependencies

N/A

Example Role Usage

Run ansible-galaxy install RedHatOfficial.rhel8_stig to download and install the role. Then, you can use the following playbook snippet to run the Ansible role:

- hosts: all
  roles:
     - { role: RedHatOfficial.rhel8_stig }

Next, check the playbook using (on the localhost) the following example:

ansible-playbook -i "localhost," -c local --check playbook.yml

To deploy it, use (this may change configuration of your local machine!):

ansible-playbook -i "localhost," -c local playbook.yml

License

BSD-3-Clause

Author Information

This Ansible remediation role has been generated from the body of security policies developed by the ComplianceAsCode project. Please see https://github.com/complianceascode/content/blob/master/Contributors.md for an updated list of authors and contributors.