MODX

Installs MODX using Nginx.

Requirements

This role was created on/for Ubuntu Trusty installations and was specifically tested in an OpenVZ container environment.

Role Variables

The role uses the following variables, set in the defaults/main.yml file:

• modx_version - Specific version of MODX to install (defaults to 2.2.14-pl)
• modx_install_dir - Directory to install MODX (defaults to /var/www)
• modx_database_server - Hostname of MySQL database (defaults to localhost)
• modx_database_name - Name of the MODX database (defaults to modx_modx)
• modx_database_user - MODX database username (defaults to modx)
• modx_database_password - MODX database user password (defaults to wkc87kdo)
• modx_table_prefix - Prefix to prepend to every created database table (defaults to modx_)
• modx_admin_username - MODX administrator username (defaults to admin)
• modx_admin_password - MODX administrator password (defaults to ocwn3o9cnjf)
• modx_admin_email - MODX administrator email (defaults to modx@example.com)
• modx_timezone - MODX server timezone (defaults to America/Los_Angeles)

Dependencies

Depends on the Ansibles.mysql role.

Usage

ansible-galaxy install garnold.modx

Also check the Ansible Galaxy about page.

Example Playbook

Example playbook for installing GitLab database and web servers on separate systems:

---
- hosts: modx
  roles:
  - { role: Ansibles.mysql, mysql_databases: [{name: "{{ modx_database_name }}"}], mysql_users: [{name: "{{ modx_database_user }}", pass: "{{ modx_database_password }}", host: "{{ modx_database_server }}", priv: "{{ modx_database_name }}.*:ALL"}]}
  - { role: modx }

License

MIT

Author Information

Gary Arnold

GitHub project page