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+- [[protean]] says:
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+> If you have not already done these things, the quickstart for ansible is (assuming you are on a nix'like os):
+> * have your gpg key added to the pass repo
+> * get set up for server shell access
+> * install ansible 2.9 on your local machine (on mac brew install ansible@2.9)
+> * Install pass (brew install pass)
+> * complete the steps in https://git.coop/social.coop/tech/ansible/-/blob/master/README.md
+> * clone the pass repo git clone git@git.coop:social.coop/tech/pass ~/.password-store/
+> * test ansible from the locally cloned repoansible-playbook server.playbook.yml --check