Ansible role httpd

A simple Ansible role for installing and configuring the Apache web server for RHEL/CentOS 7 and Fedora 21+. Specifically, the responsibilities of this role are to:

• Install the necessary packages;
• Maintain the main configuration file;
• Maintain the configuration file for mod_ssl.
• Install support for scripting language (currently only PHP)

HTTPS/TLS is enabled, by default using the standard self-signed certificate. You can provide your own certificate by setting the appropriate role variables.

Currently, no virtual hosts or other features are provided.

Requirements

• The firewall settings are not managed by this role.
• If you want to use custom certificates, you have to make sure that they are installed on the system before applying this role.

Role Variables

If no variables are set, applying this role will result in a configuration equivalent to the default install. Consequently, no variables are required.

Variable	Default	Comments (type)
httpd_AccessLog_ssl	logs/ssl_access_log
httpd_DocumentRoot	'/var/www/html'
httpd_ErrorLog_ssl	logs/ssl_error_log
httpd_ErrorLog	logs/error_log
httpd_Listen_ssl	443
httpd_Listen	80
httpd_LogLevel_ssl	warn
httpd_LogLevel	warn
httpd_SSLCACertificateFile	-
httpd_SSLCertificateChainFile	-
httpd_SSLCertificateFile	/etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
httpd_SSLCertificateKeyFile	/etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key
httpd_SSLCipherSuite	See default variables
httpd_SSLHonorCipherOrder	'on'
httpd_SSLProtocol	'all -SSLv3 -TLSv1'
httpd_ServerAdmin	root@localhost
httpd_ServerRoot	'/etc/httpd'
httpd_ServerTokens	Prod	See documentation
httpd_scripting	'none'	Allowed values: php

Dependencies

No dependencies.

Example Playbook

See the test playbook

Testing

The tests directory contains acceptance tests for this role in the form of a Vagrant environment. The directory tests/roles/httpd is a symbolic link that should point to the root of this project in order to work. To create it, do

$ cd tests/
$ ln -frs ../../bertvv.httpd roles/httpd

You may want to change the base box into one that you like. The current one is based on Box-Cutter's CentOS Packer template.

The playbook test.yml applies the role to a VM, setting role variables.

Contributing

Issues, feature requests, ideas are appreciated and can be posted in the Issues section. Pull requests are also very welcome. Preferably, create a topic branch and when submitting, squash your commits into one (with a descriptive message).

License

BSD

Author Information

Bert Van Vreckem (bert.vanvreckem@gmail.com)