diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
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+[defaults]
+inventory = ~/Documents/projects/ansible-automations/inventory/servers.ini
diff --git a/playbooks/create-user.yml b/playbooks/create-user.yml
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+#===========================================================================
+#  ?                                ABOUT
+#  @author         :  Noah Knegt
+#  @email          :  personal@noahknegt.com
+#  @repo           :  https://git.noahknegt.com/noah.knegt/ansible-automations
+#  @createdOn      :  09-02-2023
+#  @description    :  This playbook will create a user on a remote hosts and
+#                    adds an ssh key to the authorized_keys file. It will also
+#                    disable password authentication and root login.
+#===========================================================================
+
+- hosts: ubuntu
+  vars:
+    provision_password: '$6$8eLzx6DNI/aamHAp$ZJK3kpbXDaMDUxuCFzRbbYL78aqdDnRRd1zbQPO2ED.pQQdcuAEnwBI2Vf3a36j7I5ED4STx6TLQnB8RiY3Vw/'
+  gather_facts: false
+  remote_user: root
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Add new provisioning user
+      user:
+        name: provision
+        password: "{{ provision_password }}"
+        shell: /bin/bash
+
+    - name: Add provisioning user to sudoers
+      copy:
+        dest: /etc/sudoers.d/provision
+        content: "provision ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"
+
+    - name: Deploy SSH key
+      authorized_key:
+        user: provision
+        key: "{{ lookup('file', '/home/noahk/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub') }}"
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Disable password authentication
+      lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+        regexp: '^PasswordAuthentication'
+        line: 'PasswordAuthentication no'
+        state: present
+        backup: yes
+        validate: 'sshd -t -f %s'
+      notify:
+        - restart ssh
+
+    - name: Disable root login
+      lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+        regexp: '^PermitRootLogin'
+        line: 'PermitRootLogin no'
+        state: present
+        backup: yes
+        validate: 'sshd -t -f %s'
+      notify:
+        - restart ssh
+
+  handlers:
+    - name: restart ssh
+      service:
+        name: sshd
+        state: restarted
+