System Core Playbooks Reference
ASIMP’s execution workflow is controlled by two core playbooks depending on the target host scope.
🧭 Playbook Breakdown
1. play.yml
- Scope: Designed for multi-node remote configurations.
- Connection: Typically standard
sshwith custom privilege escalation (become: true).
2. play-localhost.yml
- Scope: Specialized for executing self-hardening on the local host controller node.
- Connection:
connection: local.
🔁 Hardening Phase Mapping
Both playbooks follow the Measure, Harden, Re-Measure workflow:
Playbook Start -> reporting-ASIMP (Pre-Scan) -> OS Hardening -> reporting-ASIMP (Post-Scan) -> End