Ansible NGINX Role

This role installs NGINX Open Source, NGINX Plus, or NGINX Unit on your target host.

Note: This role is still in active development. There may be unidentified issues and the role variables may change as development continues.

Requirements

This role was developed using Ansible 2.4.0.0. Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed.

Use ansible-galaxy install nginxinc.nginx to install the role on your system.

It supports all platforms supported by NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus:

NGINX Open Source:

CentOS:
  versions:
    - 6
    - 7
RedHat:
  versions:
    - 6
    - 7
Debian:
  versions:
    - jessie
    - stretch
Ubuntu:
  versions:
    - trusty
    - xenial
    - artful
    - bionic
SUSE/SLES:
  versions:
    - 12
FreeBSD:
  versions:
    - 10
    - 11

NGINX Plus:

CentOS:
  versions:
    - 6
    - 7
RedHat:
  versions:
    - 6
    - 7
Debian:
  versions:
    - jessie
    - stretch
Ubuntu:
  versions:
    - trusty
    - xenial
    - artful
    - bionic
Oracle Linux:
  versions:
    - 6.5
    - 7
Amazon Linux:
  versions:
    - 2018.03
SUSE/SLES:
  versions:
    - 12
FreeBSD:
  versions:
    - 10
    - 11

NGINX Unit:

CentOS:
  versions:
    - 6
    - 7
RedHat:
  versions:
    - 6
    - 7
Debian:
  versions:
    - jessie
    - stretch
Ubuntu:
  versions:
    - xenial
    - artful
    - bionic
Amazon Linux:
  versions:
    - 2018.03
    - 2
FreeBSD:
  versions:
    - 10
    - 11

Role Variables

This role has multiple variables. The defaults for all these variables are the following:

---
# Install NGINX.
# Default is true.
nginx_enable: true

# Specify which version of NGINX you want to install.
# Options are 'opensource' or 'plus'.
# Default is 'opensource'.
type: opensource

# Specify repository origin for NGINX Open Source.
# Options are 'nginx_repository' or 'os_repository'.
# Only works if 'type' is set to 'opensource'.
# Default is nginx_repository.
install_from: nginx_repository

# Specify source repository for NGINX Open Source.
# Only works if 'install_from' is set to 'nginx_repository'.
# Defaults are the official NGINX repositories.
nginx_repository:
  debian:
    - deb https://nginx.org/packages/{{ (branch == 'mainline') | ternary('mainline/', '') }}{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}/ {{ ansible_distribution_release }} nginx
    - deb-src https://nginx.org/packages/{{ (branch == 'mainline') | ternary('mainline/', '') }}{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}/ {{ ansible_distribution_release }} nginx
  redhat:
    - https://nginx.org/packages/{{ (branch == 'mainline') | ternary('mainline/', '') }}{{ (ansible_distribution == "RedHat") | ternary('rhel/', 'centos/') }}{{ ansible_distribution_major_version|int }}/$basearch/
  suse:
    - https://nginx.org/packages/{{ (branch == 'mainline') | ternary('mainline/', '') }}sles/12

# Specify which branch of NGINX Open Source you want to install.
# Options are 'mainline' or 'stable'.
# Only works if 'install_from' is set to 'nginx_repository'.
# Default is mainline.
branch: mainline

# Install NGINX JavaScript, Perl, ModSecurity WAF (NGINX Plus only), GeoIP, Image-Filter, RTMP Media Streaming, and/or XSLT modules.
# Default is false.
modules:
  njs: false
  perl: false
  waf: false
  geoip: false
  image_filter: false
  rtmp: false
  xslt: false

# Install NGINX Amplify.
# Use your NGINX Amplify API key.
# Default is null.
amplify_enable: false
amplify_key: null

# Enable NGINX status data.
# Will enable 'stub_status' in NGINX Open Source and 'status' in NGINX Plus.
# Default is false.
status_enable: false

# Enable NGINX Plus REST API, write access to the REST API, and NGINX Plus dashboard.
# Default is false.
rest_api_enable: false
rest_api_write: false
rest_api_dashboard: false

# Location of your NGINX Plus license in your local machine.
# Default is the files folder within the NGINX Ansible role.
license:
  certificate: license/nginx-repo.crt
  key: license/nginx-repo.key

# Delete NGINX Plus license after installation for security purposes.
# Default is true.
delete_license: true

# Enable uploading NGINX configuration files to your system.
# Default for uploading files is false.
# Default location of files is the files folder within the NGINX Ansible role.
main_push_enable: false
main_push_location: conf/nginx.conf
http_push_enable: false
http_push_location: conf/http/*.conf
stream_push_enable: false
stream_push_location: conf/stream/*.conf

# Configuration variables to create a templated NGINX configuration.
# Defaults are the values found in a fresh NGINX installation.
main_template_enable: false
main_template_user: nginx
main_template_worker_processes: auto
main_template_error_level: warn
main_template_worker_connections: 1024
http_template_enable: false
http_template_keepalive_timeout: 65
http_template_listen: 80
http_template_server_name: localhost
stream_template_enable: false
stream_template_listen: 12345

# Install NGINX Unit and NGINX Unit modules.
# Use a list of supported NGINX Unit modules.
# Default is false.
unit_enable: false
unit_modules: null

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

This is a sample playbook file for deploying the Ansible Galaxy NGINX role in a localhost and installing the open source version of NGINX.

---
- hosts: localhost
  become: true
  roles:
    - role: nginxinc.nginx

This is a sample playbook file for deploying the Ansible Galaxy NGINX role in a localhost and installing NGINX Plus.

---
- hosts: localhost
  become: true
  roles:
    - role: nginxinc.nginx
  vars:
    type: plus

This is a sample playbook file for deploying the Ansible Galaxy NGINX role to a dynamic inventory containing the nginx tag.

---
- hosts: tag_nginx
  remote_user: root
  roles:
    - role: nginxinc.nginx

This is a sample playbook file for deploying the Ansible Galaxy NGINX role in a localhost to install NGINX Unit and the PHP/Perl NGINX Unit language modules.

---
- hosts: localhost
  become: true
  roles:
    - role: nginxinc.nginx
  vars:
    nginx_enable: false
    unit_enable: true
    unit_modules:
      - unit-php
      - unit-perl

To run any of the above sample playbooks create a setup-nginx.yml file and paste the contents. Executing the Ansible Playbook is then as simple as executing ansible-playbook setup-nginx.yml.

Alternatively, you can also clone this repository instead of installing it from Ansible Galaxy. If you decide to do so, replace the role variable in the previous sample playbooks from nginxinc.nginx to ansible-role-nginx.

License

Apache License, Version 2.0

Author Information

Alessandro Fael Garcia

NGINX Inc