Configuration for deploying Laravel Project using Ansible

Prepare

• Please install python-simplejson, apt-transport-https, ca-certificates on Remote server:

  sudo apt-get install -y python-simplejson apt-transport-https ca-certificates
  

Usage

Config

• Add Drone's project public key to github/bitbucket (scm) Deploy keys and Remote server file: ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
• Copy .ansible folder and .drone.yml to your Laravel folder.
• You have to change some configurations in the following files:
  • Ansible’s inventory file: .ansible/production and .ansible/staging
    • We have 2 servers: [webservers] and [dbservers] server, please change both of them (it can be the same)
    • Change IP address host, ssh user (ansible_ssh_user), ssh port (ansible_ssh_port)
  • All variables file: .ansible/group_vars/all.yml
    • repository: Github/Bitbucket (scm)
    • branch: Git branch name for deployment
    • dbuser: Database user
    • dbname: Database name
    • dbpassword: Database user's password
  • Web variables file: .ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml
    • shared_items: List all items inside shared folder
  • Database variables file: .ansible/group_vars/dbservers.yml

Commands:

• For install php, composer, mysql, nginx, npm, node, bower and deploy

  ansible-playbook -i production site.yml --extra-vars='ansible_become_pass={become_password} init=yes'
  

  {become_password} is password of ssh user on server. It's Not Necessary, if ssh user is root

• For only deployment without setup anything (Make sure that php, composer, mysql, nginx, npm, node, bower is installed)

  ansible-playbook -i production site.yml --extra-vars='ansible_become_pass={become_password}'
  

• Modify commands in .drone.yml file.

Note: you can remove MariaDB with command: sudo apt-get --purge remove "mysql*"