ansible-nginx/README.md

Nginx for Debian/FreeBSD Ansible role
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Install and configure Nginx on Debian/FreeBSD.

Features:

- SSL/TLS "hardened" support
- Manage basic auth on vhost / location
- Proxy + Upstream
- Fast PHP configuration
- Preconfigured vhost templates (should work on many app)
- Auto-configure HTTP2 on SSL/TLS vhosts
- Manage dynamic modules (install and loading)
- Deploy custom facts.d with sites config
- Can listen with proxy protocol

Requirements
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None. If you set true to `nginx_backports`, you must install backports repository before lauching this role.

Role Variables
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### Packaging

Debian:

- `nginx_apt_package`: APT nginx package (try: apt-cache search ^nginx)
- `nginx_backports`: Install nginx from backport repository (bool)

FreeBSD:

- `nginx_pkgng_package`: PKGNG nginx package (should be "nginx" or "nginx-devel")

### Shared

- `nginx_root`: root directory where you want to have your files
- `nginx_log_dir`: log directory (if you change it, don't forget to change logrotate config)
- `nginx_resolver`: list of DNS resolver (default: OpenDNS)
- `nginx_error_log_level`: default log level
- `nginx_auto_config_httpv2`: boolean, auto configure HTTP2 where possible
- `nginx_fastcgi_fix_realpath`: boolean, use realpath for fastcgi (fix problems with symlinks and PHP opcache)

### Nginx Configuration

- `nginx_user`
- `nginx_worker_processes`
- `nginx_pid`: daemon pid file
- `nginx_events_*`: all variables in events block
- `nginx_http_*`: all variables in http block
- `nginx_custom_http`: instructions list (will put data in `/etc/nginx/conf.d/custom.conf`)
- `nginx_dyn_modules`: dynamic module list to load

About modules
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Last updates from Debian backports loads modules from /etc/nginx/modules-enabled directory. Disabling/Enabling is not supported anymore. Please wait further update.

Fine configuration
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[Vhost configuration](doc/vhost.md)

[PHP configuration](doc/php.md)

[Upstream Configuration](doc/upstream.md)

[SSL/TLS Configuration](doc/ssl.md)

[Basic Auth](doc/auth.md)

[FreeBSD](doc/freebsd.md)


Note
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- Active support for Debian.
- FreeBSD support is experimental (no Travis). I only test (for the moment) 10.2 (but it can work on other versions).
- I don't manage BackupPC for FreeBSD (PR welcome).

Dependencies
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None

Example Playbook
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See [tests/test.yml](tests/test.yml).

License
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GPLv2

Author Information
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- Twitter: [@hanxhx_](https://twitter.com/hanxhx_)