Vagrant Ansible LEMP

A Linux, NGINX, MySQL, and PHP (LEMP) Vagrant box for web development based on 'ubuntu/xenial64' -- the official Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Daily Build -- and provisioned (somewhat long-windedly) with Ansible.

Background

First and foremost this project is an exercise in provisioning a Vagrant box using Ansible as envisioned by a novice. Gratuitous comments and lengthy configuration blocks serve to provide a greater amount of context.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Virtualbox >= 4.0.0
• Vagrant >= 1.7.0
• Ansible >= 2.0

Minimum versions are educated guesses.

Usage

Download roles from Ansible Galaxy:

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

Download, configure, and provision Vagrant box:

vagrant up

Additional Information

Ports

Service	Host Port	VM Port
HTTP	8080	80
MySQL	33060	3306

Credentials

Service	Username	Password
MySQL	vagrant	secret

Features

• NGINX: Create and set document root per document_root variable
• MySQL: Permissive user host and 'all interface' bind-address for remote MySQL server connection from Vagrant host

TODO

• Try templating
• Implement testing strategies