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Ansible NGINX Unit Role
This role installs 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
Ansible
- This role is developed and tested with maintained versions of Ansible base. When using Ansible base, you will also need to install the following collections:
collections:
- name: community.general
version: 2.0.0 - name: ansible.posix
version: 1.1.1
Note: You can alternatively install the Ansible community distribution if you don't want to manage individual collections.
- Instructions on how to install Ansible can be found in the Ansible website.
Molecule
- Molecule
3.xis used to test the various functionalities of the role. - Instructions on how to install Molecule can be found in the Molecule website.
Installation
Ansible Galaxy
Use ansible-galaxy install nginxinc.nginx_unit to install the latest stable release of the role on your system.
Git
Use git clone https://github.com/nginxinc/ansible-role-nginx-unit.git to pull the latest edge commit of the role from GitHub.
Platforms
The NGINX Ansible role supports all platforms supported by NGINX Unit:
Amazon Linux: versions: - 2018.03 Amazon Linux 2: versions: - any CentOS: versions: - 6 - 7 - 8 Debian: versions: - stretch - buster RedHat: versions: - 6 - 7 - 8 Ubuntu: versions: - xenial - bionic - focal
Role Variables
This role has multiple variables. The descriptions and defaults for all these variables can be found in the defaults/main/ folder in the following files:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| defaults/main/main.yml | NGINX Unit installation variables |
| defaults/main/selinux.yml | NGINX Unit SELinux variables |
| defaults/main/bsd.yml | BSD specific installation variables |
Example Playbooks
A working functional playbook example can be found in the molecule/common/playbooks folder in the following file:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| molecule/common/playbooks/default_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-unit to nginxinc.nginx_unit.
Other NGINX Ansible Collections and Roles
You can find the Ansible NGINX Core collection of roles to install and configure NGINX Open Source, NGINX Plus, and NGINX App Protect here.
You can find the Ansible NGINX role to install NGINX here.
You can find the Ansible NGINX configuration role to configure NGINX here.
You can find the Ansible NGINX App Protect role to install and configure NGINX App Protect here.
You can find the Ansible NGINX Controller collection of roles to install and configure NGINX Controller here.
License
Author Information
© F5 Networks, Inc. 2020