Implemented helper role docker-central-database and refactored code

roles/docker-compose/handlers/main.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - name: docker compose project setup
   command:
     cmd: docker-compose -p "{{application_id}}" up -d --force-recreate
-    chdir: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+    chdir: "{{docker_compose.directories.instance}}"
   environment:
     COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT: 600
     DOCKER_CLIENT_TIMEOUT: 600
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 - name: docker compose project build and setup 
   command:
     cmd: docker-compose -p "{{application_id}}" up -d --force-recreate --build
-    chdir: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+    chdir: "{{docker_compose.directories.instance}}"
   environment:
     COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT: 600
     DOCKER_CLIENT_TIMEOUT: 600

roles/docker-compose/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-- name: "Set global docker_compose_instance_directory: {{ path_docker_compose_instances }}{{ application_id }}/"
-  set_fact:
-    docker_compose_instance_directory: "{{ path_docker_compose_instances }}{{ application_id }}/"
+- name: "load variables from {{ role_path }}/vars/docker-compose.yml for whole play"
+  include_vars: "{{ role_path }}/vars/docker-compose.yml"
 
 - name: "Set global domain based on application_id"
   set_fact:
@@ -12,17 +11,20 @@
     http_port: "{{ ports.localhost.http_ports[application_id] if application_id in ports.localhost.http_ports else None }}"
   # Default case: One port exists. Some applications like matrix don't have an default port
 
-- name: "remove {{ docker_compose_instance_directory }} and all its contents"
+- name: "remove {{ docker_compose.directories.instance }} and all its contents"
   file:
-    path: "{{ docker_compose_instance_directory }}"
+    path: "{{ docker_compose.directories.instance }}"
     state: absent
   when: mode_reset | bool
 
-- name: "create {{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+# This could lead to problems in docker-compose directories which are based on a git repository
+# @todo Verify that this isn't the case. E.g. in accounting
+- name: "Create all docker-compose directories (including parent directories)"
   file:
-    path: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+    path: "{{ item.value }}"
     state: directory
-    mode: 0755
+    mode: '0755'
+  with_dict: "{{ docker_compose.directories }}"
 
 - name: flush docker service
   meta: flush_handlers

roles/docker-compose/vars/docker-compose.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Private variable for role. Please use docker_compose.directories.instance instead
+_docker_compose_directories_instance: "{{ path_docker_compose_instances }}{{ application_id }}/"
+
+# @See https://chatgpt.com/share/67a23d18-fb54-800f-983c-d6d00752b0b4
+docker_compose: 
+  directories:
+    instance: "{{_docker_compose_directories_instance}}"          # Folder for docker-compose.yml file
+    env:      "{{_docker_compose_directories_instance}}/.env/"     # Folder for env files
+    services: "{{_docker_compose_directories_instance}}/services/" # Folder for services
+    volumes:  "{{_docker_compose_directories_instance}}/volumes/"  # Folder for volumes