Ansible PHP (+FPM) role for Debian / Ubuntu / FreeBSD

Install PHP on Debian / Ubuntu / FreeBSD. Manage PHP-FPM, APCu, Opcache and Xdebug.

Managed OS / Versions

On all Debian versions, you can install all PHP versions by using Sury's APT repository.

Other cases:

OS	PHP 7.0	PHP 7.1	PHP 7.2	PHP 7.3	PHP >= 7.4
Ubuntu Bionic (18.04)	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌
FreeBSD 11	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	Need tests...
FreeBSD 12	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	Need tests...

Links:

• Sury

Requirements

• Ansible >= 2.11
• Collections: community.general
• If you need PHP-FPM, you must install a webserver with FastCGI support. You can use my nginx role.

FreeBSD limitations

• It doesn't split ini file for FPM/CLI. It's hardcoded as /usr/local/etc/php.ini.
• It can't manage multiple PHP versions at the time (like legacy Debian versions)
• You must explicitely set xdebug package name (use pkg search xdebug to find the good one)

Role Variables

You should look at default vars.

Writable vars

• php_version: 7.3, 7.4... depending OS (see above)
• php_install_fpm: boolean, install and manage php-fpm (default is true)
• php_install_xdebug: boolean, install Xdebug
• php_extra_packages: additional php packages to install (default is an empty list).

php.ini

• php_ini: global configuration shared beween FPM/CLI
• php_ini_fpm: manage FPM php.ini (php-fpm)
• php_ini_cli: manage CLI php.ini (php-fpm)

Note:

• If you want exactly same configuration for CLI/FPM. You can put all your data in php_ini.
• Put specific configuration in php_ini_fpm/php_ini_cli.
• You can override with php_ini_fpm/php_ini_cli, but it breaks idempotence.

OpCache settings

See Opcache doc

• php_opcache_enable
• php_opcache_enable_cli
• php_opcache_memory_consumption
• php_opcache_interned_strings_buffer
• php_opcache_max_accelerated_files
• php_opcache_max_wasted_percentage
• php_opcache_validate_timestamps
• php_opcache_revalidate_freq
• php_opcache_max_file_size

APC/APCu settings

See apc doc

• php_apc_enable
• php_apc_enable_cli
• php_apc_shm_size
• php_apc_num_files_hint
• php_apc_user_entries_hint
• php_apc_user_ttl
• php_apc_ttl
• php_apc_file_update_protection
• php_apc_slam_defense
• php_apc_stat_ctime

Xdebug settings

See Xdebug doc

• php_xdebug_auto_trace
• php_xdebug_cli_color
• php_xdebug_collect_assignments
• php_xdebug_collect_includes
• php_xdebug_collect_params
• php_xdebug_collect_return
• php_xdebug_collect_vars
• php_xdebug_coverage_enable
• php_xdebug_default_enable
• php_xdebug_dump_globals
• php_xdebug_dump_once
• php_xdebug_dump_undefined
• php_xdebug_extended_info
• php_xdebug_file_link_format
• php_xdebug_force_display_errors
• php_xdebug_force_error_reporting
• php_xdebug_halt_level
• php_xdebug_idekey
• php_xdebug_manual_url
• php_xdebug_max_nesting_level
• php_xdebug_overload_var_dump
• php_xdebug_profiler_append
• php_xdebug_profiler_enable
• php_xdebug_profiler_enable_trigger
• php_xdebug_profiler_enable_trigger_value
• php_xdebug_profiler_output_dir
• php_xdebug_profiler_output_name
• php_xdebug_remote_autostart
• php_xdebug_remote_connect_back
• php_xdebug_remote_cookie_expire_time
• php_xdebug_remote_enable
• php_xdebug_remote_handler
• php_xdebug_remote_host
• php_xdebug_remote_log
• php_xdebug_remote_mode
• php_xdebug_remote_port
• php_xdebug_scream
• php_xdebug_show_exception_trace
• php_xdebug_show_local_vars
• php_xdebug_show_mem_delta
• php_xdebug_trace_enable_trigger
• php_xdebug_trace_enable_trigger_value
• php_xdebug_trace_format
• php_xdebug_trace_options
• php_xdebug_trace_output_dir
• php_xdebug_trace_output_name
• php_xdebug_var_display_max_children
• php_xdebug_var_display_max_data
• php_xdebug_var_display_max_depth

Read only vars

• php_packages: minimal package list to install
• php_extension_dir.stdout: get php extension dir (from task)
• php_version.stdout: get php version (from task)

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

Simple Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: hanxhx.php }

Debian Bullseye with PHP 8.0 CLI (no FPM)

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: HanXHX.sury }
     - { role: hanxhx.php, php_version: '8.0', php_install_fpm: false }

License

GPLv2

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Author Information

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