Ansible Role: PHP on CentOS 7

Installs PHP 5.4 or 5.5 or 5.6 or 7.0 or 7.1 on CentOS 7 using base or ius or webtatic or remi repositories.

Requirements

Tested CentOS 7

Get started

If you came here and you have no idea where to start and the only think you worry is PHP 5.6 on Centos 7 select the following commands and paste it on your terminal.

# Install EPEL repository (need it for ansible)
sudo yum install -y epel-release
# Install Ansible
sudo yum install -y ansible
# Install git
sudo yum install -y git
# Create Ansible hosts file mapped on localhost
sudo echo "localhost ansible_connection=local" >> /etc/ansible/hosts
# Create you first playbook
mkdir ~/ansible-playbook
echo "---

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  roles:
    - ansible-role-php" > ~/ansible-playbook/php-playbook.yml
# Clone this project (it's an ansible role)
git clone https://github.com/tovletoglou/ansible-role-php.git ~/ansible-playbook/roles/ansible-role-php
# Run the playbook
ansible-playbook ~/ansible-playbook/php-playbook.yml
# Test PHP
php -v
# Enjoy

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values defaults/main.yml

Remove any php version before install (true | false)

remove_php: true

Update php every time you run this role (present | latest)

yum_state: latest

Define if you are using a web server (true | false)

php_webserver: true

Define your web server (httpd | nginx).

webserver: httpd

Select php version (php | php55 | php56 | php70 | php71)

package name	version	base	ius	webtatic	remi
php	5.4.x	ok			ok
php55	5.5.x		ok	ok	ok
php56	5.6.x		ok	ok	ok
php70	7.0.x		ok	ok	ok
php71	7.1.x				ok

Be extra careful when you choose php version. Not every repository have the corresponding php version. Check the table above.

php_version: php56

Choose repository (base | ius | webtatic | remi)

ius and remi needs epel repo, epel will be installed automatically if you choose one of these two. If you are using php (php 5.4) use the base repo, otherwise I suggest the isu repository.

repository: ius

Add or remove php modules (do not include php itself)

php_modules:
  - cli
  - common
  - devel
  - fpm
  - gd
  - ldap
  - mbstring
  - mcrypt
  - mysqlnd
  - opcache
  - pdo
  - pear
  - process
  - xml

Create CUSTOM.php.ini (true | false)

create_custom_php_ini: true

Give the name you want for the CUSTOM.php.ini (string)

Edit the php custom configuration in the templates/custom.php.ini.tpl

custom_php_ini: custom

Create DOMAIN/phpinfo.php test page (true | false)

create_phpinfo: true

Web server folder (string, followed by '/')

webserver_folder: /var/www/html/

Dependencies

None, if you don't have a web server (httpd, nginx) change the defaults/main.yml php_webserver: true to false

Example Playbook

Installed with galaxy.ansible ansible-galaxy install tovletoglou.php

---

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - { role: tovletoglou.php }

Installed as a playbook git submodule git clone https://github.com/tovletoglou/ansible-role-php.git playbook/roles/ansible-role-php

---

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - { role: ansible-role-php }

Sending custom vars

---

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - { role: tovletoglou.php }
  vars:
    remove_php: true
    php_modules:
      - cli
      - common

License

MIT

Author Information

Apostolos Tovletoglou ansible-role-php