Fix locale errors and update motd to remove command that caused the 'TERM not set' error

tasks/edit-journald.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     - { regexp: "^#?ForwardToSyslog", line: ForwardToSyslog=no }
     - { regexp: "^#?SystemMaxUse", line: SystemMaxUse=50M }
   notify: Restart systemd-journald
+  vars:
+    ansible_remote_tmp: /tmp # Prevent warnings for auto-created tmp dir
 
 # A succesful vacuum does impact log size, but is not considered a change
 - name: Vacuum journalctl before

tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 # file: common/tasks/main.yml
+- name: Ensure there is a default locale set
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: set-locale.yml
+
 - name: Ensure required packages are present on systems
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: prereq-packages.yml
 

tasks/set-locale.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: Set default locale to en_US.UTF-8
+  ansible.builtin.debconf:
+    name: locales
+    question: locales/default_environment_locale
+    value: en_US.UTF-8
+    vtype: select
+
+- name: Set to generate locales
+  ansible.builtin.debconf:
+    name: locales
+    question: locales/locales_to_be_generated
+    value: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
+    vtype: multiselect

templates/etc/update-motd.d/11-welcome

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 #  Args       : none
 ###############################################################
 
-clear
-
 printf "\nSystem managed by Ansible"
 
 printf "\nWelcome to "; lsb_release -ds