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Life & fun · June 1, 2016

First 5 Minutes on a Server – automated with Ansible

First 5 minutes on new servers. Secure your servers with single command - Ansible playbook - chhantyal/5minutes

First 5 Minutes on a Server – automated with Ansible launched on June 1, 2016 with 6 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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