PREREQUISITES: install ansible: apt-get install -y ansible add hosts lines to ansible: echo "[thismachine]" >> /etc/ansible/hosts echo "127.0.0.1" >> /etc/ansible/hosts SETUP: insert your user in: variables.yml in the list: users: goofy and their ssh keys in the folder keys in form of filename: goofy.key.pub and format: ssh-rsa [/CUT] user@host RUN DEFAULTS: ansible-playbook common.yml GIT PUSH: git add --all git commit -m "added things to readme" git push -u origin master or: git add --all && git commit -m "message" && git push -u origin master