service-provider-setup/README.md

@@ -14,63 +14,7 @@ To get started, follow the [installation](../README.md#installation) guide to se
 
 ## Setup a new User
 
-- Create a new `hosts.ini` file:
+Follow steps from [Setup a user](../user-setup/README.md#setup-a-user) to setup a new user with passwordless sudo
-
-   ```bash
-   cp ../hosts.example.ini hosts.ini
-   ```
-
-- Edit the [`hosts.ini`](./hosts.ini) file to run the playbook on a remote machine:
-
-  ```ini
-  [root_host]
-  <host_name> ansible_host=<target_ip> ansible_user=<ssh_user> ansible_ssh_common_args='-o ForwardAgent=yes'
-  ```
-
-  - Replace `<host_name>` with the desired `hostname` of the remote machine
-  - Replace `<target_ip>` with the IP address or hostname of the target machine
-  - Replace `<ssh_user>` with `root`
-
-- Verify that you are able to connect to the host using the following command:
-
-  ```bash
-  ansible all -m ping -i hosts.ini
-
-  # Expected output:
-
-  # <host_name> | SUCCESS => {
-  #  "ansible_facts": {
-  #      "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3.10"
-  #  },
-  #  "changed": false,
-  #  "ping": "pong"
-  # }
-  ```
-
-- Setup `user-vars.yml`  using the example file
-
-  ```bash
-  cp vars/user-vars.example.yml vars/user-vars.yml
-  ```
-
-- Edit the `user-vars.yml` file:
-
-  ```bash
-  # name of the user you want to setup on the target host
-  username: ""
-
-  # password of the user you want to setup on the target host
-  password: ""
-
-  # path to the ssh key on your machine, eg: "/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
-  path_to_ssh_key: ""
-  ```
-
-- Execute the `setup-user.yml` Ansible playbook to create a user with passwordless sudo permissions:
-
-  ```bash
-  LANG=en_US.utf8 ansible-playbook setup-user.yml -i hosts.ini --extra-vars='{ "target_host": "deployment_host" }'
-  ```
 
 ## Become a Service Provider
 
@@ -131,9 +75,6 @@ To get started, follow the [installation](../README.md#installation) guide to se
 - Update the [`hosts.ini`](./hosts.ini) file:
 
   ```ini
-  [root_host]
-  <host_name> ansible_host=<target_ip> ansible_user=root ansible_ssh_common_args='-o ForwardAgent=yes'
-
   [deployment_host]
   <host_name> ansible_host=<target_ip> ansible_user=<new_username> ansible_ssh_common_args='-o ForwardAgent=yes'
   ```

stack-orchestrator-setup/README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # stack-orchestrator-setup
 
-## Setup Ansible
+## Prerequisites
 
-To get started, follow the [installation](../README.md#installation) guide to setup ansible on your machine.
+- Setup Ansible: To get started, follow the [installation](../README.md#installation) guide to setup ansible on your machine.
+
+- Setup user: Follow steps from [Setup a user](../user-setup/README.md#setup-a-user) to setup a new user with passwordless sudo
 
 ## Setup Stack Orchestrator
 
@@ -10,18 +12,6 @@ This playbook will install Docker and Stack Orchestrator (laconic-so) on the mac
 
 Run the following commands in the [`stack-orchestrator-setup`](./) directory.
 
-### On Local Host
-
-To setup stack orchestrator and docker locally, execute the `setup-laconic-so.yml` Ansible playbook:
-
-```bash
-LANG=en_US.utf8 ansible-playbook setup-laconic-so.yml --user $USER -kK
-```
-
-### On Remote Host
-
-To run the playbook on a remote host:
-
 - Create a new `hosts.ini` file:
 
    ```bash
@@ -55,7 +45,7 @@ To run the playbook on a remote host:
   # }
   ```
 
-- Execute the `setup-laconic-so.yml` Ansible playbook for setting up stack orchestrator and docker on a remote machine:
+- Execute the `setup-laconic-so.yml` Ansible playbook for setting up stack orchestrator and docker on the target machine:
 
   ```bash
   LANG=en_US.utf8 ansible-playbook setup-laconic-so.yml  -i hosts.ini  --extra-vars='{ "target_host": "deployment_host"}' --user $USER -kK