davestephens / ansible-ubuntu-wordpress

Quickly build a super-fast Ubuntu-based Wordpress web server with object and page caching.

Ansible Ubuntu Wordpress

This Ansible playbook sets up an Ubuntu 20.04 box for super-fast Wordpress hosting.

It includes:

• Configuring Ubuntu with auto updates
• Nginx, with page caching to local ram storage
• phpfpm for PHP
• MariaDB for a database
• Redis for object caching
• Certbot & LetsEncrypt for SSL.

Additionally, it'll:

• Install a list of Wordpress plugins
• Install a list of themes, including activating one if you want it to
• Import a database export from another site

Pre-requisites

• An Ubuntu 20.04 box
• Ansible

Installation

1. Create your own inventory: cp -rfp inventories/sample inventories/my-cool-website

2. Review group_vars/all.yml. Change settings by overriding them in inventories/my-cool-website/group_vars/all.yml.

3. Update inventories/my-cool-website/inventory with your host's IP address.

4. Install the dependent roles and collections: ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

5. Run it: ansible-playbook -i inventories/my-cool-website/inventory setup.yml -b