Ansible-Nginx-Cluster

Ansible playbook that provisions a group of servers to run Nginx and PHP using a content store that is synced using lsyncd.

Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Choices	Description
nginx_cluster_user	yes	root		The user account that should be used for the lsyncd service & communication between cluster members
nginx_cluster_private_key	yes	/root/.ssh/lsyncd		Private key to use for communication between cluster members
nginx_cluster_temp_dir	yes	/tmp/lsyncdSyncTemp		Temp directory to use for the lsyncd service
nginx_cluser_sync_site_dir	yes	/var/www/html		Nginx website directory to sync between the cluster members
nginx_cluser_sync_config_dir	yes	/etc/nginx		Nginx directory to sync between the cluster members
nginx_cluser_sync_php_config_dir	yes	/etc/php.d		PHP directory to sync between the cluster members
nginx_cluser_lsyncd_mode	yes	rsyncssh		The lsyncd mode to use for the config
nginx_cluser_lsyncd_delay	yes	0		The lsyncd delay between event syncs. Set to 0 for instant syncing
nginx_cluser_lsyncd_rsync_times	yes	true	true, false	Enable the rsync times option for the sync config
nginx_cluser_lsyncd_rsync_archive	yes	true	true, false	Enable the rsync archive option for the sync config
nginx_cluser_lsyncd_rsync_compress	yes	true	true, false	Enable the rsync compress option for the sync config
nginx_cluser_lsyncd_rsync_perms	yes	true	true, false	Enable the rsync perms option for the sync config
nginx_cluser_lsyncd_rsync_acls	yes	true	true, false	Enable the rsync acls option for the sync config
nginx_cluser_lsyncd_rsync_owner	yes	true	true, false	Enable the rsync owner option for the sync config

Example

Execute playbook with needed variables to setup a cluster of servers syncing /var/www/html based on the default values.

ansible-playbook -i hosts site.yml

---
# file: hosts

nginx_cluster:
  hosts:
    ws01:
      ansible_host: 10.10.10.14
    ws02:
      ansible_host: 10.10.10.18

  vars:
    ansible_user: ansible

License

See LICENSE file for full license information.