computer-playbook/roles/nginx-redirect-www

Nginx WWW Redirect 🌐

Description

Automates the creation of Nginx server blocks that redirect all www. subdomains to their non-www equivalents. Simple, idempotent, and SEO-friendly! 🚀

Overview

This role will:

• Discover existing *.conf vhosts in your Nginx servers directory
• Filter domains with or without your primary_domain
• Generate redirect rules via the nginx-redirect-domain role
• Optionally include a wildcard redirect template (experimental) ⭐️
• Clean up leftover configs when running in cleanup mode 🧹

All tasks are guarded by “run once” facts and mode_cleanup flags to avoid unintended re-runs or stale files.

Purpose

Ensure that any request to www.example.com automatically and permanently redirects to https://example.com, improving user experience, SEO, and certificate management. 🎯

Features

• Auto-Discovery: Scans your Nginx servers directory for .conf files. 🔍
• Dynamic Redirects: Builds source: "www.domain" → target: "domain" mappings on the fly. 🔧
• Wildcard Redirect: Includes a templated wildcard server block for www.* domains (toggleable). ✨
• Cleanup Mode: Removes the wildcard config file when certbot_flavor is set to dedicated and mode_cleanup is enabled. 🗑️
• Debug Output: Optional enable_debug gives detailed variable dumps for troubleshooting. 🐛