This role installs NGINX Open Source, NGINX Plus, the NGINX Amplify agent, the NGINX Controller agent, 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.
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
- 11NGINX 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
- 11NGINX Amplify
CentOS:
versions:
- 6
- 7
RedHat:
versions:
- 6
- 7
Debian:
versions:
- jessie
- stretch
Ubuntu:
versions:
- trusty
- xenial
- artful
- bionic
Amazon Linux:
versions:
- 2017.09NGINX Controller
CentOS:
versions:
- 7
RedHat:
versions:
- 7
Debian:
versions:
- jessie
- stretch
Ubuntu:
versions:
- xenial
- artfulNGINX 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
- 11This role has multiple variables. The defaults for all these variables are the following:
---
# Install NGINX.
# Default is true.
nginx_enable: true
# Print NGINX configuration file to terminal after executing playbook.
nginx_debug_output: false
# Specify which version of NGINX you want to install.
# Options are 'opensource' or 'plus'.
# Default is 'opensource'.
nginx_type: opensource
# Specify repository origin for NGINX Open Source.
# Options are 'nginx_repository' or 'os_repository'.
# Only works if 'nginx_type' is set to 'opensource'.
# Default is nginx_repository.
nginx_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/{{ (nginx_branch == 'mainline') | ternary('mainline/', '') }}{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}/ {{ ansible_distribution_release }} nginx
- deb-src https://nginx.org/packages/{{ (nginx_branch == 'mainline') | ternary('mainline/', '') }}{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}/ {{ ansible_distribution_release }} nginx
redhat:
- https://nginx.org/packages/{{ (nginx_branch == 'mainline') | ternary('mainline/', '') }}{{ (ansible_distribution == "RedHat") | ternary('rhel/', 'centos/') }}{{ ansible_distribution_major_version|int }}/$basearch/
suse:
- https://nginx.org/packages/{{ (nginx_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.
nginx_branch: mainline
# Location of your NGINX Plus license in your local machine.
# Default is the files folder within the NGINX Ansible role.
nginx_license:
certificate: license/nginx-repo.crt
key: license/nginx-repo.key
# Delete NGINX Plus license after installation for security purposes.
# Default is true.
nginx_delete_license: true
# Install NGINX JavaScript, Perl, ModSecurity WAF (NGINX Plus only), GeoIP, Image-Filter, RTMP Media Streaming, and/or XSLT modules.
# Default is false.
nginx_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.
# Requires access to either the NGINX stub status or the NGINX Plus REST API.
# Default is null.
nginx_amplify_enable: false
nginx_amplify_api_key: null
# Install NGINX Controller.
# Use your NGINX Controller API key and NGINX Controller API endpoint.
# Requires NGINX Plus and write access to the NGINX Plus REST API.
# Default is null.
nginx_controller_enable: false
nginx_controller_api_key: null
nginx_controller_api_endpoint: null
# Install NGINX Unit and NGINX Unit modules.
# Use a list of supported NGINX Unit modules.
# Default is false.
nginx_unit_enable: false
nginx_unit_modules: null
# Enable NGINX status data.
# Will enable 'stub_status' in NGINX Open Source and 'status' in NGINX Plus.
# Default is false.
nginx_status_enable: false
nginx_status_port: 8080
# Enable NGINX Plus REST API, write access to the REST API, and NGINX Plus dashboard.
# Requires NGINX Plus.
# Default is false.
nginx_rest_api_enable: false
nginx_rest_api_location: /etc/nginx/conf.d/api.conf
nginx_rest_api_port: 8080
nginx_rest_api_write: false
nginx_rest_api_dashboard: false
# 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.
# Upload the main NGINX configuration file.
nginx_main_upload_enable: false
nginx_main_upload_src: conf/nginx.conf
nginx_main_upload_dest: /etc/nginx
# Upload HTTP NGINX configuration files.
nginx_http_upload_enable: false
nginx_http_upload_src: conf/http/*.conf
nginx_http_upload_dest: /etc/nginx/conf.d
# Upload Stream NGINX configuration files.
nginx_stream_upload_enable: false
nginx_stream_upload_src: conf/stream/*.conf
nginx_stream_upload_dest: /etc/nginx/conf.d
# Upload HTML files.
nginx_html_upload_enable: false
nginx_html_upload_src: www/*
nginx_html_upload_dest: /usr/share/nginx/html
# Upload SSL certificates and keys.
nginx_ssl_upload_enable: false
nginx_ssl_crt_upload_src: ssl/*.crt
nginx_ssl_crt_upload_dest: /etc/ssl/certs/
nginx_ssl_key_upload_src: ssl/*.key
nginx_ssl_key_upload_dest: /etc/ssl/private/
# Enable creating dynamic templated NGINX HTML demo websites.
nginx_html_demo_template_enable: false
nginx_html_demo_template:
default:
template_file: www/index.html.j2
html_file_name: index.html
html_file_location: /usr/share/nginx/html
web_server_name: Default
# Enable creating dynamic templated NGINX configuration files.
# Defaults are the values found in a fresh NGINX installation.
nginx_main_template_enable: false
nginx_main_template:
template_file: nginx.conf.j2
conf_file_name: nginx.conf
conf_file_location: /etc/nginx/
user: nginx
worker_processes: auto
error_level: warn
worker_connections: 1024
http_enable: true
http_settings:
keepalive_timeout: 65
cache: false
rate_limit: false
keyval: false
stream_enable: false
http_global_autoindex: false
# Enable creating dynamic templated NGINX HTTP configuration files.
# Defaults will not produce a valid configuration. Instead they are meant to showcase
# the options available for templating. Each key represents a new configuration file.
# Comment out load_balancer or web_server depending on whether you wish to create a web server
# or load balancer configuration file.
nginx_http_template_enable: false
nginx_http_template:
default:
template_file: http/default.conf.j2
conf_file_name: default.conf
conf_file_location: /etc/nginx/conf.d/
port: 8081
server_name: localhost
error_page: /usr/share/nginx/html
autoindex: false
ssl:
cert: ssl/default.crt
key: ssl/default.key
web_server:
locations:
default:
location: /
html_file_location: /usr/share/nginx/html
html_file_name: index.html
autoindex: false
http_demo_conf: false
load_balancer:
locations:
backend:
location: /
proxy_pass: backend
health_check_plus: false
upstreams:
upstream1:
name: backend
lb_method: least_conn
zone_name: backend
zone_size: 64k
sticky_cookie: false
servers:
server1:
address: localhost
port: 8081
weight: 1
health_check: max_fails=1 fail_timeout=10s
# Enable creating dynamic templated NGINX stream configuration files.
nginx_stream_template_enable: false
nginx_stream_template_listen: 12345
None
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.nginxThis 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.nginxThis is a sample playbook file for deploying the Ansible Galaxy NGINX role in a localhost and installing the open source version of NGINX as a simple web server.
---
- hosts: localhost
become: true
roles:
- ansible-role-nginx
vars:
nginx_http_template_enable: true
nginx_http_template:
default:
template_file: http/default.conf.j2
conf_file_name: default.conf
conf_file_location: /etc/nginx/conf.d/
port: 80
server_name: localhost
error_page: /usr/share/nginx/html
autoindex: false
web_server:
locations:
default:
location: /
html_file_location: /usr/share/nginx/html
html_file_name: index.html
autoindex: falseThis is a sample playbook file for deploying the Ansible Galaxy NGINX role in a localhost and installing the open source version of NGINX as a reverse proxy.
---
- hosts: localhost
become: true
roles:
- nginxinc.nginx
vars:
nginx_http_template_enable: true
nginx_http_template:
load_balancer:
locations:
frontend:
location: /
proxy_pass: frontend_servers
backend:
location: /backend
proxy_pass: backend_servers
upstreams:
upstream_1:
name: frontend_servers
lb_method: least_conn
zone_name: frontend
zone_size: 64k
sticky_cookie: false
servers:
frontend_server_1:
address: localhost
port: 80
weight: 1
health_check: max_fails=3 fail_timeout=5s
upstream_2:
name: backend_servers
lb_method: least_conn
zone_name: backend
zone_size: 64k
sticky_cookie: false
servers:
backend_server_1:
address: localhost
port: 8080
weight: 1
health_check: max_fails=3 fail_timeout=5sThis 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:
nginx_type: plusThis is a sample playbook file for deploying the Ansible Galaxy NGINX role in a localhost to install NGINX Plus and the NGINX Controller agent.
- hosts: localhost
become: true
roles:
- role: nginxinc.nginx
vars:
nginx_type: plus
nginx_rest_api_enable: true
nginx_rest_api_write: true
nginx_controller_enable: true
nginx_controller_api_key: <API_KEY_HERE>
nginx_controller_api_endpoint: https://<FQDN>/1.4This 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
nginx_unit_enable: true
nginx_unit_modules:
- unit-php
- unit-perlTo 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.
Alessandro Fael Garcia