Nginx for Debian Ansible role

Install and configure Nginx on Debian.

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

Requirements

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

Role Variables

Packaging

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

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 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)

Fine configuration

Vhost configuration

PHP configuration

Upstream Configuration

Vhost configuration

SSL/TLS Configuration

Basic Auth

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

See tests/test.yml.

License

GPLv2

Author Information

• Twitter: @hanxhx_