Ludus Environment Guide
Use this skill to map user goals to pre-built Ludus environments and provide reliable deployment guidance.
Workflow
- Clarify what the user wants to learn, test, or simulate.
- Recommend one or more pre-built environments that match that objective.
- Check prerequisites before deploy: required templates, required Ansible roles/collections, and minimum resources.
- Guide the deployment steps in order and call out any external playbook steps.
- Provide post-deploy next actions (validation checks, docs, and common follow-up commands).
Key Considerations
- Resource requirements vary widely; include sizing guidance in recommendations.
- Verify required templates are available on the server before starting a deploy.
- Ensure required Ansible roles and collections are installed before deploy.
- Call out when setup depends on external Ansible playbooks run from the user machine.
- Remind users a WireGuard connection is required when running external Ansible against range VMs.
References
- Use
references/environments.mdfor the full environment catalog, requirements, and deployment notes. - Use
https://docs.ludus.cloud/docs/category/environment-guidesfor official environment guide updates. - Use
https://docs.ludus.cloud/docs/quick-start/build-templatesto verify template setup prerequisites.