Try apache2 in freepbx_depedencies.yml (not roles/httpd)

roles/nginx/tasks/install.yml

@@ -16,10 +16,22 @@
     state: present
 
 # 2020-10-16: Removed per #2560
-#- name: Add user '{{ apache_user }}' to shadow group, so it can authenticate Admin Console
+# - name: Add user '{{ apache_user }}' to shadow group, so it can authenticate Admin Console
-#  user:
+#   user:
-#    name: "{{ apache_user }}"    # www-data or apache, per /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/<OS>.yml
+#     name: "{{ apache_user }}"    # www-data or apache, per /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/<OS>.yml
-#    groups: shadow
+#     groups: shadow
+
+# - name: 'Create group: admin'
+#   group:
+#     name: admin
+
+# - name: Add user {{ apache_user }} (from variable apache_user) to groups shadow
+#   user:
+#     name: "{{ apache_user }}"    # www-data on Debuntu
+#     #groups: admin,shadow
+#     groups: shadow    # 2020-06-04: shadow nec for Admin Console login (this line had been clobbering user www-data's membership in group shadow, as set earlier by nginx/tasks/install.yml, SEE #2431)
+#     createhome: no
+#     append: yes
 
 - name: Remove NGINX default config /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
   file:

roles/pbx/tasks/freepbx.yml

@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@
 #     dest: "{{ freepbx_install_dir }}/admin/libraries/view.functions.php"
 
 
-# - pause:
-
-
 - name: FreePBX - 2-step install (just run once) - CAN TAKE 3-12 MIN OR LONGER!
   command: "{{ item }}"
   args:
@@ -206,16 +203,16 @@
 
 - block:
 
-  - name: FreePBX - Install /etc/apache2/sites-available/freepbx.conf from template ({{ apache_user }}:{{ apache_user }}, 0644 by default)
+  - name: FreePBX - Install /etc/{{ apache_service }}/sites-available/freepbx.conf from template ({{ apache_user }}:{{ apache_user }}, 0644 by default)
     template:
       src: freepbx.conf.j2
-      dest: /etc/apache2/sites-available/freepbx.conf
+      dest: /etc/{{ apache_service }}/sites-available/freepbx.conf    # apache2
       owner: "{{ apache_user }}"    # www-data
       group: "{{ apache_user }}"
 
-  - name: FreePBX - Add directive "Listen {{ pbx_http_port }}" to /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+  - name: FreePBX - Add directive "Listen {{ pbx_http_port }}" to /etc/{{ apache_service }}/ports.conf
     lineinfile:
-      path: /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+      path: /etc/{{ apache_service }}/ports.conf
       line: "Listen {{ pbx_http_port }}"
       # insertafter: Listen 80
 

roles/pbx/tasks/freepbx_dependencies.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-- name: FreePBX - Install ~19 dependencies (run 'php -m' or 'php -i' to verify PHP modules)
+- name: FreePBX - Install wget, git, unixodbc, sudo, net-tools, cron, sox + ~12 PHP dependencies (run 'php -m' or 'php -i' to verify PHP modules)
   package:
     name:
       - wget
       - git
-      - unixodbc     # for Asterisk CDR (Call Detail Records)
+      - unixodbc     # For Asterisk CDR (Call Detail Records)
-      - sudo         # required by FreePBX install script
+      - sudo         # Required by FreePBX install script
-      - net-tools    # required by FWConsole (command-line utility, that controls FreePBX)
+      - net-tools    # Required by FWConsole (command-line utility, that controls FreePBX)
-      - cron         # required by FreePBX UCP package (User Control Panel)
+      - cron         # Required by FreePBX UCP package (User Control Panel)
-      - sox          # required for CDR web-playback
+      - sox          # Required for CDR web-playback
       #- php{{ php_version }}            # Basically drags in phpX.Y-cgi (already below!)
       - php{{ php_version }}-bcmath      # Likewise installed in nextcloud/tasks/install.yml, wordpress/tasks/install.yml
       - php{{ php_version }}-cgi
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@
       #- python-mysqldb        # https://github.com/Yannik/ansible-role-freepbx/blob/master/tasks/freepbx.yml#L33
     state: latest
 
-- name: "FreePBX - Install packages: libapache2-mod-php, libapache2-mpm-itk - if not pbx_try_nginx"
-  package:
-    name:
-      - libapache2-mod-php    # NOTE duplication: roles/httpd/tasks.install.yml installs libapache2-mod-php{{ php_version }} ostensibly for "Elgg, Moodle, etc"
-      - libapache2-mpm-itk    # To serve FreePBX through a VirtualHost as asterisk user (#2914: Is this possible via NGINX?)
-  when: not pbx_try_nginx
-
 # For PHP >= 8.0: phpX.Y-json is baked into PHP itself.
 # For PHP <  8.0: phpX.Y-json auto-installed by phpX.Y-fpm AND phpX.Y-cli in 3-base-server's nginx/tasks/install.yml, as confirmed by: apt rdepends phpX.Y-json
 #
@@ -42,3 +35,21 @@
 #    name: php{{ php_version }}-json
 #    state: present
 #  when: php_version is version('8.0', '<')
+
+- name: "FreePBX - Install Apache packages: {{ apache_service }}, libapache2-mod-php, libapache2-mpm-itk - if not pbx_try_nginx"
+  package:
+    name:
+      - "{{ apache_service }}"    # 2021-08-07: Install apache2 directly, as we prepare to deprecate roles/httpd
+      - libapache2-mod-php        # NOTE duplication: roles/httpd/tasks.install.yml installed libapache2-mod-php{{ php_version }} ostensibly for "Elgg, Moodle, etc"
+      - libapache2-mpm-itk        # To serve FreePBX through a VirtualHost as asterisk user (#2914: Is this possible via NGINX?)
+  when: not pbx_try_nginx
+
+# - name: 'Enable 5 Apache modules, as with "a2enmod" command: headers, proxy, proxy_html, proxy_http, rewrite (for http://box/kiwix, http://box/kolibri, http://box/nodered, etc)'
+#   apache2_module:
+#     name: "{{ item }}"
+#   with_items:
+#     - headers
+#     - proxy
+#     - proxy_html
+#     - proxy_http
+#     - rewrite

roles/pbx/tasks/install.yml

@@ -22,18 +22,16 @@
 #  when: nodejs_version != "12.x"
 
 
-- block:
+# 2021-08-07: Moved to roles/pbx/tasks/freepbx_dependencies.yml
 
-  - name: "Set 'apache_install: True' and 'apache_enabled: True'"
+# - name: "Set 'apache_install: True' and 'apache_enabled: True'"
-    set_fact:
+#   set_fact:
-      apache_install: True
+#     apache_install: True
-      apache_enabled: True
+#     apache_enabled: True
 
-  - name: APACHE - run 'httpd' role
+# - name: APACHE - run 'httpd' role
-    include_role:
+#   include_role:
-      name: httpd
+#     name: httpd
-
-  when: not pbx_try_nginx
 
 
 - name: Install Asterisk