Nginx for Debian Ansible role

Install and configure Nginx on Debian.

This role is not production ready. SSL management wille come later.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

• nginx_apt_package: APT nginx package (try: apt-cache search ^nginx)
• 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_ssl_dir: directory where you install your SSL/TLS keys
• nginx_resolver: list of DNS resolver (default: OpenDNS)
• nginx_error_log_level: default log level
• nginx_dh_length: DH key length (default is 2048)

PHP

• nginx_php: boolean if you need to preconfigure PHP (default: false)
• nginx_php_sockets: list of //sockets//

You should see Nginx upstream module doc.

Socket:

• unix_socket
• host
• port
• weight
• max_fails
• fail_timeout

Nginx Configuration

• nginx_user
• nginx_worker_processes
• nginx_events: key/value in events block
• nginx_http: key/value in http block

Vhost management

• nginx_vhosts: List of dict. A vhost has few keys. See bellow.

• name: (M) List of domain used. The first occurence is the most important!
• template: (M) template used to create vhost
• enable: (O) Enable the vhost (default is true)
• delete: (O) Delete the vhost (default is false)
• redirect_from: (O) Domain list to redirect to the first name. You can use this key to redirect non-www to www.
• location: Add new custom locations (it does not overwrite!)

(O) : Optional (M) : Mandatory

Templates

• base: static template
• php: PHP base template. Can work with many frameworks/tools.
• wordpress
• dokuwiki

Templates works as parent-child.

You can see many examples in: tests/test.yml.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: HanXHX.nginx }

License

GPLv2

Author Information

• You can find many other roles in my GitHub "lab": https://github.com/HanXHX/my-ansible-playbooks
• All issues, pull-request are welcome :)