With the advent of Ansible collections and to reduce the overhead of this role, the decision has been made to split this role into three smaller roles:
* The NGINX Ansible role will keep working as is and be used to install and setup NGINX.
* There now is a separate role to manage and create NGINX configurations available [here](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx-config). Any new issues or PRs related to configuring NGINX should be submitted in the new NGINX Config repository. New issues or PRs related to configuring NGINX submitted in this repository will not be worked on. The NGINX configuration functionalities included in this role will be removed in an upcoming release.
* NGINX Unit now has a separate role available [here](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx-unit). Any new issues or PRs related to NGINX Unit should be submitted in the new NGINX Unit repository. New issues or PRs related to NGINX Unit submitted in this repository will not be worked on. The NGINX Unit functionalities included in this role will be removed in an upcoming release.
This role was developed and tested with [maintained](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#release-status) versions of Ansible. Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed.
Instructions on how to install Ansible can be found in the [Ansible website](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html).
The NGINX Ansible role supports all platforms supported by [NGINX Open Source](https://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html), [NGINX Plus](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/technical-specs/), the [NGINX Amplify agent](https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-amplify-doc/blob/master/amplify-faq.md#21-what-operating-systems-are-supported), and [NGINX Unit](https://unit.nginx.org/installation/#official-packages):
**Note:** You can also use this role to compile NGINX Open Source from source, install NGINX Open Source on compatible yet unsupported platforms, or install NGINX Open Source on BSD systems at your own risk.
This role has multiple variables. The descriptions and defaults for all these variables can be found in the **`defaults/main/`** directory in the following files:
-**[molecule/common/playbooks/default_converge.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/default_converge.yml):** Install a specific version of NGINX and set up logrotate
-**[molecule/common/playbooks/module_converge.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/module_converge.yml):** Install various NGINX supported modules
-**[molecule/common/playbooks/plus_converge.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/plus_converge.yml):** Install NGINX Plus and various NGINX Plus supported modules
-**[molecule/common/playbooks/source_converge.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/source_converge.yml):** Install NGINX from source
-**[molecule/common/playbooks/stable_push_converge.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/stable_push_converge.yml):** Install NGINX using the stable branch and push a preexisting config from your system to your NGINX instance
-**[molecule/common/playbooks/template_converge.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/template_converge.yml):** Use the NGINX configuration templating variables to create an NGINX configuration file
-**[molecule/common/playbooks/unit_converge.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/unit_converge.yml):** Install NGINX Unit
Do note that if you install this repository via Ansible Galaxy, you will have to replace the role variable in the sample playbooks from `ansible-role-nginx` to `nginxinc.nginx`.
You can find an Ansible role to install and configure NGINX App Protect [here](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx-app-protect)
You can find an Ansible collection of roles to install and configure NGINX Controller [here](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-collection-nginx_controller)
