computer-playbook/roles/srv-web-7-4-core

Webserver

This Ansible role installs and configures Nginx as a core HTTP/stream server on Arch Linux systems. It provides:

• HTTP serving with MIME types, gzip compression, caching, and custom nginx.conf templating.
• TCP/UDP stream support via the Nginx Streams module.
• Directory management for configuration, sites-available/enabled, cache, and data.
• Debugging helpers: log formats and instructions for general and detailed troubleshooting.

Features

• Package installation of nginx and nginx-mod-stream.
• Idempotent setup: tasks run only once per host.
• Configurable reset and cleanup modes to purge and recreate directories.
• Custom nginx.conf template with sensible defaults for performance and security.
• Stream proxy support: includes stream block for TCP/UDP proxies.
• Cache directory management: cleanup and recreation based on mode_cleanup.

Debugging Tips

• General logs: journalctl -f -u nginx
• Filter by host: journalctl -u nginx -f | grep "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
• Enable detailed format: set enable_debug: true and reload Nginx.