ansible-infra/playbooks/roles/nginx/README.md

# Role `nginx`

Makes sure the `nginx` package is installed from the NGINX repos on the specified hosts.
Also makes sure a desirable baseline of NGINX configs is deployed on the specified hosts.
For the NGINX site configurations the config template below can be used.

## Entry Points

The entry points available for external use are:

- `main`

## Supported Distributions

The following distributions are supported:

- Debian 11

## Required Arguments

For the required arguments look at the [`argument_specs.yaml`](./meta/argument_specs.yaml).

## Updates

This role updates NGINX to the latest version covered by the provided version spec., if needed.

## `hosts`

The `hosts` for this role need to be the machines, for which you want to make sure the `nginx` package is installed from the NGINX repos and a desirable baseline of NGINX configs is deployed.

## Config Template

Here's a config template, which can be used for new NGINX site configs, which you can supply to this role using the `nginx__configurations` argument.
Just replace the placeholder values with real ones and extend and edit it as needed.

```
# partly generated 2022-01-08, Mozilla Guideline v5.6, nginx 1.17.7, OpenSSL 1.1.1k, intermediate configuration
# https://ssl-config.mozilla.org/#server=nginx&version=1.17.7&config=intermediate&openssl=1.1.1k&guideline=5.6
server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    #listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
    server_name replace_me;

    ssl_certificate /path/to/signed_cert_plus_intermediates;
    ssl_certificate_key /path/to/private_key;
    # verify chain of trust of OCSP response using Root CA and Intermediate certs
    ssl_trusted_certificate /path/to/root_CA_cert_plus_intermediates;

    # HSTS (ngx_http_headers_module is required) (63072000 seconds)
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000" always;

    # replace with the IP address of your resolver
    resolver 127.0.0.1;
}
```

## Links & Resources

- <https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/installing-nginx/installing-nginx-open-source/#installing-prebuilt-debian-packages>