create local.yml and configure chrony with it

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # ---> Ansible
 *.retry
 EXAMPLES
-
+roles

ansible.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [defaults]
 
 inventory = ./inventory
+roles_path = ./roles
 
 remote_user = hpf-ans
 host_key_checking = False

bootstrap.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         state: present
         pkg:
           - bash
-          - curl
           - python3
           - python3-pip
           - python3-venv
@@ -44,46 +43,30 @@
         system: true
         gid: 701
 
-    - name: Make sure /etc/sudoers.d exists
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /etc/sudoers.d
-        state: directory
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-
-    - name: Get /etc/sudoers.d/hpf
+    - name: Get /etc/sudoers.d
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/sudoers.d/hpf
-        dest: /etc/sudoers.d/hpf
+        src: etc/sudoers.d
+        dest: /etc/
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: u=rw,go=
+        directory_mode: u=rwx,go=
+        mode: u=rw,g=r,o=
         backup: true
         validate: /usr/sbin/visudo -csf %s
 
 
 #### Configure sshd
 
-    - name: Make sure /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d exists
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d
-        state: directory
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=rx
-
-    - name: Get /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/hpf.conf
+    - name: Get /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/hpf.conf
-        dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/hpf.conf
+        src: etc/ssh/sshd_config.d
+        dest: /etc/ssh/
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=rx
+        directory_mode: u=rwx,go=rx
+        mode: u=rw,go=r
         backup: true
         validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
       notify: Restart sshd
@@ -91,32 +74,14 @@
 
 #### Configure /etc/skel
 
-    - name: Make sure /etc/skel/.profile.d exists
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /etc/skel/.profile.d
-        state: directory
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-
-    - name: Get /etc/skel/.profile.d/ansible-venv.sh
+    - name: Get /etc/skel
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/skel/.profile.d/ansible-venv.sh
-        dest: /etc/skel/.profile.d/ansible-venv.sh
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rw,go=
-        backup: true
-
-    - name: Get /etc/skel/.profile
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/skel/.profile
-        dest: /etc/skel/.profile
+        src: etc/skel
+        dest: /etc/
         owner: root
         group: root
+        directory_mode: u=rwx,go=rx
         mode: u=rw,go=
         backup: true
 
@@ -132,6 +97,12 @@
       loop:
         - files/ssh-keys/heath.pub
 
+    - name: Lock the root user's password
+      become: true
+      ansible.builtin.user:
+        name: root
+        password_lock: true
+
 
 #### User: first
 
@@ -180,6 +151,19 @@
         append: true
         create_home: true
         shell: /usr/bin/bash
+        password_lock: true
+
+    - name: Get /home/hpf-ans/bin
+      become: true
+      become_user: hpf-ans
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: home/hpf-ans/bin
+        dest: $HOME/
+        owner: hpf-ans
+        group: hpf-ans
+        directory_mode: u=rwx,go=
+        mode: u=rwx,go=
+        backup: true
 
     - name: Set hpf-ans's authorized_keys
       become: true
@@ -230,6 +214,7 @@
         append: true
         create_home: true
         shell: /usr/bin/bash
+        password: '$y$j9T$.NJVASBkVLnvqgznpcpdx1$7poH23pou7VHti3IfvDzwECdLtTcMercYNCeevgV.xC'
 
     - name: Set heath's authorized_keys
       become: true
@@ -243,27 +228,6 @@
 
 #### ansible-pull.sh
 
-    - name: Make sure /home/hpf-ans/bin exists
-      become: true
-      become_user: hpf-ans
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: $HOME/bin
-        state: directory
-        owner: hpf-ans
-        group: hpf-ans
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-
-    - name: Get /home/hpf-ans/bin/ansible-pull.sh
-      become: true
-      become_user: hpf-ans
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: home/hpf-ans/bin/ansible-pull.sh
-        dest: $HOME/bin/ansible-pull.sh
-        owner: hpf-ans
-        group: hpf-ans
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-        backup: true
-
     - name: Make sure log directory exists
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.file:
@@ -271,7 +235,7 @@
         state: directory
         owner: hpf-ans
         group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
+        mode: u=rwx,g=r,o=
 
 #    - name: Create ansible-pull.sh crontab entry
 #      become: true

files/etc/skel/.bashrc

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
+# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
+# for examples
+
+# If not running interactively, don't do anything
+case $- in
+    *i*) ;;
+      *) return;;
+esac
+
+# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
+# See bash(1) for more options
+HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
+
+# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
+shopt -s histappend
+
+# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
+HISTSIZE=1000
+HISTFILESIZE=2000
+
+# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
+# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
+shopt -s checkwinsize
+
+# If set, the pattern "**" used in a pathname expansion context will
+# match all files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
+#shopt -s globstar
+
+# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
+#[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"
+
+# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
+if [ -z "${debian_chroot:-}" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
+    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
+fi
+
+# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
+case "$TERM" in
+    xterm-color|*-256color) color_prompt=yes;;
+esac
+
+# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
+# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
+# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
+#force_color_prompt=yes
+
+if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
+    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
+	# We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
+	# (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
+	# a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
+	color_prompt=yes
+    else
+	color_prompt=
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
+    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
+else
+    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
+fi
+unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
+
+# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
+case "$TERM" in
+xterm*|rxvt*)
+    PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w\a\]$PS1"
+    ;;
+*)
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
+if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
+    test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
+    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+    #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
+    #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
+
+    #alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+    #alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
+    #alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
+fi
+
+# colored GCC warnings and errors
+#export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01'
+
+# some more ls aliases
+#alias ll='ls -l'
+#alias la='ls -A'
+#alias l='ls -CF'
+
+# Alias definitions.
+# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
+# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
+# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
+
+if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
+    . ~/.bash_aliases
+fi
+
+# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
+# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
+# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
+if ! shopt -oq posix; then
+  if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
+  elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
+    . /etc/bash_completion
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -d "$HOME/.bashrc.d" ] ; then
+    for bashrc_script in $HOME/.bashrc.d/*.sh ; do
+        . "${bashrc_script}"
+    done
+fi

files/etc/skel/.profile

@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/.profile.d" ] ; then
         . "${profile_script}"
     done
 fi
-

files/home/hpf-ans/bin/ansible-pull.sh

@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+if [ -r /etc/ansible-pull.sh.conf ] ; then
+  . /etc/ansible-pull.sh.conf
+fi
+
 SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "${0}")"
-GIT_REPO_BRANCH="production"
+GIT_REPO_BRANCH="${GIT_REPO_BRANCH:-production}"
 OIC_FLAG="--only-if-changed"
+VERBOSE_FLAG="--verbose"
+DEBUG_FLAG="false"
 
 # - Process command line
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   case "$1" in
     -h|--help)
-      echo "Usage: $0 [--branch <branch name>]"
+      echo "Usage: $0 [--branch <branch name>] [--force] [--quiet] [-- <ansible-pull args>]"
       exit 0
       ;;
+    -d|--debug)
+      VERBOSE_FLAG="-vvv"
+      DEBUG_FLAG="true"
+      shift 1
+      ;;
     -b|--branch)
       shift 1
       if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: ERROR - Branch not specified." ; exit 1 ; fi
@@ -18,8 +29,12 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
       shift 1
       ;;
     -f|--force)
-      shift 1
       OIC_FLAG=""
+      shift 1
+      ;;
+    -q|--quiet)
+      VERBOSE_FLAG=""
+      shift 1
       ;;
     --)
       shift 1
@@ -39,7 +54,6 @@ GIT_REPO_BASE="https://gitea.admin-a.hpetersenfamily.com/heath/ansible"
 GIT_REPO="${GIT_REPO_BASE}.git"
 
 # - Include ansible virtual environment (in case not already done - we don't know how we're being run)
-VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=true
 . "${VENV_ACTIVATE_SCRIPT}"
 
 # - If we can't get a lock, don't proceed
@@ -52,12 +66,16 @@ if ! flock -n 9 ; then
   exit 11
 fi
 
-# - Append all further STDOUT and STDERR to the log file
-exec >>"${LOG_FILE}" 2>&1
+# - If debugging requested or running from a terminal . . .
+if [ "${DEBUG_FLAG}" = "true" ] || test -t 0 ; then
+  exec > >(tee -a "${LOG_FILE}") 2>&1   # - send STDOUT and STDERR to both STDOUT and the log file
+else
+  exec >>"${LOG_FILE}" 2>&1             # - send STDOUT and STDERR to the log file only
+fi
 
 # - Log that we've gotten this far
 echo
-echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") ----------------------------------------"
+echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: ------------------------------- $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") -------------------------------"
 
 # - Do our work
-ansible-pull ${OIC_FLAG} --url "${GIT_REPO}" --checkout "${GIT_REPO_BRANCH}" "${@}"
+ansible-pull ${OIC_FLAG} ${VERBOSE_FLAG} --url "${GIT_REPO}" --checkout "${GIT_REPO_BRANCH}" "${@}"

files/home/hpf-ans/bin/get-hpf-facts.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ fi
 ANSIBLE_OS_FAMILY="${1}"
 shift
 
+if [ "${#}" -ne 0 ] ; then
+    echo "ERROR - unknown command line parameter specified." >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
 useradd_D() {
 
     case "${ANSIBLE_OS_FAMILY}" in
@@ -25,11 +30,10 @@ useradd_D() {
 }
 
 user_vars() {
-    useradd_D | sed 's/.*=/hpf_fact_\L&/'
+    useradd_D | sed 's/.*=/\L&/'
 }
 
-#echo '{"hpf":'
-#(user_vars; ) | jo
-#echo '}'
-
+(
 	user_vars
+) | jo
+

local.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+- name: Configure time synchronization
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  vars:
+    timesync_ntp_provider: chrony
+    timesync_ntp_servers:
+      - hostname: 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org
+        iburst: true
+      - hostname: 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org
+        iburst: true
+      - hostname: 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org
+        iburst: true
+    timesync_chrony_custom_settings:
+      - "logdir /var/log/chrony"
+      - "log measurements statistics tracking"
+  roles:
+    - linux-system-roles.timesync

requirements.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+roles:
+  - name: linux-system-roles.timesync
+    version: 1.14.1

scraps/TODO.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Manually on each system:
+  * set hostname to fqdn
+  * set ansible branch if not production
+  * run bootstrap.yml
+  * update first password
+
+iris.heath.hpetersenfamily.com admin-a.hpetersenfamily.com core.mary.hpetersenfamily.com
+
 
 heath
   authorized_keys:
@@ -5,8 +13,6 @@ heath
   password:
     status: VALID
     value: COMMON STRONG FOR ALL HOSTS
-  private_keys:
-    - FOR WORKSTATIONS: heath@hpetersenfamily.com # Can this even be done securely through Ansible?
 first
   authorized_keys:
     - first@hpetersenfamily.com
@@ -14,19 +20,16 @@ first
   password:
     status: VALID
     value: UNIQUE LONG FOR EACH HOST
-  private_keys:
 root
   authorized_keys:
     - heath@hpetersenfamily.com
   password:
     status: LOCKED
-  private_keys:
 hpf-ans:
   authorized_keys:
     - heath@hpetersenfamily.com
   password:
     status: LOCKED
-  private_keys:
 
 
 # Change to work with multiple distros (nothing hardcoded)
@@ -65,11 +68,6 @@ hpf-ans:
     pkg:
     - chrony
 
-#- name: Set host name
-#  ansible.builtin.hostname:
-#    name: ## Fully qualified domain name ##
-#    use: systemd
-  
   * Configure chrony
     # cat >/etc/chrony/sources.d/hpetersenfamily-north-america.sources <<!!TheEnd!!
       pool 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org iburst

scraps/jsonvar.bash

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Serialize bash variables to JSON output
+#
+# # Created
+# Author: Dave Eddy <ysap@daveeddy.com>
+# Date: July 09, 2026
+# License: MIT
+#
+# # Contributors
+# - Dave Eddy <ysap@daveeddy.com>
+
+_jv-usage() {
+	local usage
+	read -r -d '' usage <<-EOF
+	Usage: jsonvar [-aev] [[name], ...]
+
+	Serialize bash variables to JSON output
+
+	Options
+	    -a    show all variables
+	    -e    show only exported variables
+	    -v    show only the values of the variables
+	    -h    show this message and exit
+	EOF
+	echo "$usage"
+}
+
+_jv-json-encode-string() {
+	local s=$1
+
+	local LC_ALL=C
+	local -A table=()
+
+	# we can start at 1 because bash variables can't have nul bytes in them
+	local hex byte esc i
+	for ((i = 1; i < 0x20; i++)); do
+		printf -v hex '%02x' "$i"
+
+		printf -v byte '%b' "\\x$hex"
+		printf -v esc '\\u%04x' "$i"
+		table[$byte]=$esc
+	done
+
+	table[$'\b']='\b'
+	table[$'\t']='\t'
+	table[$'\n']='\n'
+	table[$'\f']='\f'
+	table[$'\r']='\r'
+
+	table['\']='\\'
+	table['"']='\"'
+
+	# serialize the string
+	local out=''
+	local len=${#s}
+	local c
+	for ((i = 0; i < len; i++)); do
+		c=${s:i:1}
+		esc=${table[$c]}
+
+		if [[ -n $esc ]]; then
+			# lookup table matched for this byte
+			out+=$esc
+		else
+			# no lookup table match, byte falls through
+			out+=$c
+		fi
+	done
+
+
+	printf '"%s"' "$out"
+}
+
+_jv-encode-variable() {
+	local _jv_name=$1
+	local -n _jv_ref=$_jv_name
+	local _jv_attrs=${_jv_ref@a}
+
+	case "$_jv_attrs" in
+		*a*) # process indexed array
+			echo -n '['
+			local _jv_value _jv_i=0
+			for _jv_value in "${_jv_ref[@]}"; do
+				((_jv_i++))
+
+				# check member type
+				if [[ $_jv_attrs == *i* ]]; then
+					printf '%d' "$_jv_value"
+				else
+					_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_value"
+				fi
+
+				if ((_jv_i < ${#_jv_ref[@]})); then
+					echo -n ', '
+				fi
+			done
+			echo -n ']'
+			;;
+		*A*) # process associative array
+			echo -n '{'
+			local _jv_key _jv_value _jv_i=0
+			for _jv_key in "${!_jv_ref[@]}"; do
+				((_jv_i++))
+
+				_jv_value=${_jv_ref[$_jv_key]}
+
+				_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_key"
+				echo -n ': '
+
+				if [[ $_jv_attrs == *i* ]]; then
+					printf '%d' "$_jv_value"
+				else
+					_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_value"
+				fi
+
+				if ((_jv_i < ${#_jv_ref[@]})); then
+					echo -n ', '
+				fi
+			done
+			echo -n '}'
+			;;
+		*i*) # process integer
+			echo -n "$_jv_ref"
+			;;
+		*) # anything else, it's probably a string lol
+			_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_ref"
+			;;
+	esac
+
+}
+
+jsonvar() {
+	local _jv_all='false'
+	local _jv_exported='false'
+	local _jv_value='false'
+
+	# get arguments from user
+	local OPTIND OPTARG _jv_opt
+	while getopts 'aevh' _jv_opt; do
+		case "$_jv_opt" in
+			a) _jv_all='true';;
+			e) _jv_exported='true';;
+			v) _jv_value='true';;
+			h) _jv-usage; return 0;;
+			*) _jv-usage >&2; return 2;;
+		esac
+	done
+	shift "$((OPTIND - 1))"
+
+	local _jv_key
+
+	# figure out what variables to look at
+	local -a _jv_variables
+	if $_jv_all; then
+		readarray -t _jv_variables < <(compgen -v)
+	elif $_jv_exported; then
+		readarray -t _jv_variables < <(compgen -e)
+	else
+		_jv_variables=("$@")
+
+		# ensure the user gave us *something*
+		if (( ${#_jv_variables[@]} == 0 )); then
+			echo 'variable name or flag required' >&2
+			_jv-usage >&2
+			return 2
+		fi
+
+		# check variables given
+		local _jv_error='false'
+		for _jv_key in "${_jv_variables[@]}"; do
+			# warn the user if they gave us an internal name
+			if [[ $_jv_key == _jv_* ]]; then
+				echo "[error] invalid internal variable '$_jv_key'" >&2
+				_jv_error='true'
+			fi
+
+			# check to make sure the variable is defined
+			if ! declare -p "$_jv_key" &>/dev/null; then
+				echo "[error] variable '$_jv_key' not defined" >&2
+				_jv_error='true'
+			fi
+		done
+
+		if $_jv_error; then
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# loop the variables first to filter out hidden / internal var names
+	local _jv_i
+	local _jv_len=${#_jv_variables[@]}
+	for ((_jv_i = 0; _jv_i < _jv_len; _jv_i++)); do
+		_jv_key=${_jv_variables[_jv_i]}
+
+		# filter out internal variables by name
+		if [[ $_jv_key == _jv_* ]]; then
+			unset '_jv_variables[_jv_i]'
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		# variable name was good, do nothing
+	done
+
+	# loop the remaining variables and format them
+	$_jv_value || echo '{'
+	_jv_i=0
+	for _jv_key in "${_jv_variables[@]}"; do
+		((_jv_i++))
+
+		if ! $_jv_value; then
+			# indent
+			echo -n '    '
+
+			# print the key
+			_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_key"
+			echo -n ': '
+		fi
+
+		# print the value
+		_jv-encode-variable "$_jv_key"
+
+		# optionally print the comma
+		if ! $_jv_value && ((_jv_i < ${#_jv_variables[@]})); then
+			echo -n ','
+		fi
+		echo
+	done
+	$_jv_value || echo '}'
+}
+
+_jv-complete() {
+	COMPREPLY=(
+		# add all variables
+		$(compgen -v -- "${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}")
+
+		# add the individual flags
+		$(compgen -W '-a -e -v -h' -- "${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}")
+	)
+}
+
+if ( return 0 &>/dev/null ); then
+	# we are being sourced
+	complete -F _jv-complete jsonvar
+else
+	# we are being executed directly
+	declare -a test_indexed=(a b c)
+	declare -a test_sparse=(a b c [67]=d)
+	declare -A test_assoc=([a]=1 [b]=2 [c]=3)
+	declare -i test_int=67
+	declare -- test_string='hello world'
+
+	declare -ai test_indexed_ints=(0 1 2 0xff foo bar baz)
+	declare -Ai test_assoc_ints=([foo]=0 [bar]=1 [baz]=0xff [bat]=foo)
+
+	jsonvar "$@"
+fi

scraps/redirect_exec.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+send_some_output() {
+	echo "hello"
+	echo "here"
+	echo "goodbye"
+}
+
+exec > >(tee -a ./x.out) 2>&1
+
+send_some_output >&2

scraps/test-get_hpf_facts.yml

@@ -1,34 +1,29 @@
 ---
 
-- name: test-get_hpf_facts.yml
+- name: test-get-hpf-facts.yml
   hosts: all
 
   tasks:
 
-  - name: Copy over get_hpf_facts.sh
+  - name: Copy over get-hpf-facts.sh
     ansible.builtin.copy:
-      src: hpf-ans/bin/get_hpf_facts.sh
-      dest: bin/get_hpf_facts.sh
+      src: home/hpf-ans/bin/get-hpf-facts.sh
+      dest: bin/get-hpf-facts.sh
       owner: hpf-ans
       group: hpf-ans
       mode: u=rwx,go=gx
       backup: true
 
-  - name: Run get_hpf_facts.sh
+  - name: Run get-hpf-facts.sh
     ansible.builtin.command:
-      cmd: bin/get_hpf_facts.sh {{ ansible_facts["os_family"] }}
-    register: hpf_facts
+      cmd: bin/get-hpf-facts.sh {{ ansible_facts["os_family"] }}
+    register: registered_hpf_facts
     changed_when: false
 
   - name: Convert k=v stdout into facts
     ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-      "{{ item.split('=', 1)[0] }}": "{{ item.split('=', 1)[1] }}"
-    loop: "{{ hpf_facts.stdout.splitlines() }}"
-
-  - name: Print all variables
-    ansible.builtin.debug:
-      var: hostvars[inventory_hostname]
+      hpf_facts: "{{ registered_hpf_facts.stdout | from_json }}"
 
   - name: Print skel
     ansible.builtin.debug:
-      var: hpf_fact_skel
+      var: hpf_facts.skel