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With the advent of Ansible collections and the release of the [NGINX Core Ansible collection](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-collection-nginx), the decision has been made to split this role into three smaller roles and reduce the overhead of this role:
***The NGINX configuration functionalities included in this role will be removed in an upcoming release at some stage after December 1st 2020.** 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 Unit functionalities included in this role will be removed in an upcoming release at some stage after November 1st 2020.** There now is a separate role to install NGINX Unit 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.
* This role is 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/`](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/defaults/main/)** folder in the following files:
Similarly, descriptions and defaults for preset variables can be found in the **[`vars/`](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/vars/)** folder in the following files:
Working functional playbook examples can be found in the **[`molecule/common/playbooks/`](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/)** folder in the following files:
|**[`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|
|**[`module_converge.yml`](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/module_converge.yml)**|Install various NGINX supported modules|
|**[`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|
|**[`source_converge.yml`](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/main/molecule/common/playbooks/source_converge.yml)**|Install NGINX from source|
|**[`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|
|**[`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|
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 the Ansible NGINX Core collection of roles to install and configure NGINX Open Source, NGINX Plus, and NGINX App Protect [here](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-collection-nginx).
You can find the Ansible NGINX App Protect role to install and configure NGINX App Protect [here](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx-app-protect).
You can find the Ansible NGINX Controller collection of roles to install and configure NGINX Controller [here](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-collection-nginx_controller).
