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).
Molecule is used to test the various functionailities of the role. Instructions on how to install Molecule can be found in the [Molecule website](https://molecule.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html).
The NGINX Ansible role supports all platforms supported by [NGINX Open Source](https://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html#mainline), [NGINX Plus](https://www.nginx.com/products/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):
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/playbook_default.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/master/molecule/common/playbook_default.yml):** Install a specific version of NGINX and set up logrotate
-**[molecule/common/playbook_module.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/master/molecule/common/playbook_module.yml):** Install various NGINX supported modules
-**[molecule/common/playbook_source.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/master/molecule/common/playbook_source.yml):** Install NGINX from source
-**[molecule/common/playbook_stable_push.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/master/molecule/common/playbook_stable_push.yml):** Install NGINX using the stable branch and push a preexisting config from your system to your NGINX instance
-**[molecule/common/playbook_template.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/master/molecule/common/playbook_template.yml):** Use the NGINX configuration templating variables to create an NGINX configuration file
-**[molecule/common/playbook_unit.yml](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx/blob/master/molecule/common/playbook_unit.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 collection of roles to help you install and configure NGINX Controller [here](https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-collection-nginx_controller)
