Community invite to try flag 'pbx_try_nginx: True'

roles/pbx/defaults/main.yml

@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 # pbx_install: False
 # pbx_enabled: False
 
+# pbx_try_nginx: False    # 2021-08-07: PLEASE TRY NGINX INSTEAD OF APACHE,
+# # AFTER READING https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/2914 AND #2916, THX !
+
 # asterisk_chan_dongle: False
 
 # pbx_signaling_ports_chan_sip: 5160:5161
 # pbx_signaling_ports_chan_pjsip: 5060
 # pbx_data_ports: 10000:20000
 # pbx_http_port: 83
-#
+
 # All above are set in: github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/vars/default_vars.yml
 # If nec, change them by editing /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml prior to installing!
 

roles/pbx/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml

@@ -15,19 +15,25 @@
   when: not pbx_enabled
 
 
-# - name: Enable http://box:{{ pbx_http_port }}/freepbx via Apache, if pbx_enabled    # http://box:83/freepbx
+- block:
-#   command: a2ensite freepbx.conf
-#   when: pbx_enabled
 
-# - name: Disable http://box:{{ pbx_http_port }}/freepbx via Apache, if not pbx_enabled
+  - name: Enable http://box:{{ pbx_http_port }}/freepbx via Apache, if pbx_enabled    # http://box:83/freepbx
-#   command: a2dissite freepbx.conf
+    command: a2ensite freepbx.conf
-#   when: not pbx_enabled
+    when: pbx_enabled
 
-# - name: Restart Apache service ({{ apache_service }})
+  - name: Disable http://box:{{ pbx_http_port }}/freepbx via Apache, if not pbx_enabled
-#   systemd:
+    command: a2dissite freepbx.conf
-#     name: "{{ apache_service }}"    # apache2
+    when: not pbx_enabled
-#     state: restarted
 
+  - name: Restart Apache service ({{ apache_service }})
+    systemd:
+      name: "{{ apache_service }}"    # apache2
+      state: restarted
+
+  when: not pbx_try_nginx
+
+
+- block:
 
   - name: Enable http://box/freepbx via NGINX, by installing {{ nginx_conf_dir }}/freepbx-nginx.conf from template
     template:
@@ -45,3 +51,5 @@
     systemd:
       name: nginx
       state: restarted
+
+  when: pbx_try_nginx

roles/pbx/tasks/freepbx.yml

@@ -201,15 +201,19 @@
 #     line: "$amp_conf['AMPASTERISKWEBUSER'] = 'www-data';"
 
 
-# - name: FreePBX - Install /etc/apache2/sites-available/freepbx.conf from template ({{ apache_user }}:{{ apache_user }}, 0644 by default)
+block:
-#   template:
-#     src: freepbx.conf.j2
-#     dest: /etc/apache2/sites-available/freepbx.conf
-#     owner: "{{ apache_user }}"    # www-data
-#     group: "{{ apache_user }}"
 
-# - name: FreePBX - Add directive "Listen {{ pbx_http_port }}" to /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+  - name: FreePBX - Install /etc/apache2/sites-available/freepbx.conf from template ({{ apache_user }}:{{ apache_user }}, 0644 by default)
-#   lineinfile:
+    template:
-#     path: /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+      src: freepbx.conf.j2
-#     line: "Listen {{ pbx_http_port }}"
+      dest: /etc/apache2/sites-available/freepbx.conf
-#     # insertafter: Listen 80
+      owner: "{{ apache_user }}"    # www-data
+      group: "{{ apache_user }}"
+
+  - name: FreePBX - Add directive "Listen {{ pbx_http_port }}" to /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+    lineinfile:
+      path: /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+      line: "Listen {{ pbx_http_port }}"
+      # insertafter: Listen 80
+
+  when: not pbx_try_nginx

roles/pbx/tasks/freepbx_dependencies.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- name: FreePBX - Install dependencies (run 'php -m' or 'php -i' to verify PHP modules)
+- name: FreePBX - Install ~19 dependencies (run 'php -m' or 'php -i' to verify PHP modules)
   package:
     name:
       - wget
@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@
       - php{{ php_version }}-snmp
       - php{{ php_version }}-xml         # Likewise installed in mediawiki/tasks/install.yml, moodle/tasks/install.yml, nextcloud/tasks/install.yml, wordpress/tasks/install.yml -- AND REGARDLESS dragged in later by Admin Console's use of php-pear for roles/cmdsrv/tasks/main.yml -- run 'php -m | grep -i xml' which in the end shows {libxml, SimpleXML, xml, xmlreader, xmlwriter}
       - php{{ php_version }}-zip         # Likewise installed in moodle/tasks/install.yml, nextcloud/tasks/install.yml, wordpress/tasks/install.yml
-      #- libapache2-mod-php
       #- python-mysqldb        # https://github.com/Yannik/ansible-role-freepbx/blob/master/tasks/freepbx.yml#L33
-      #- libapache2-mpm-itk    # To serve FreePBX through a VirtualHost as asterisk user
     state: latest
 
+- name: "FreePBX - Install packages: libapache2-mod-php, libapache2-mpm-itk - if not pbx_try_nginx"
+  package:
+    name:
+      - libapache2-mod-php
+      - libapache2-mpm-itk    # To serve FreePBX through a VirtualHost as asterisk user
+  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
 #

roles/pbx/tasks/install.yml

@@ -22,14 +22,18 @@
 #  when: nodejs_version != "12.x"
 
 
-# - name: "Set 'apache_install: True' and 'apache_enabled: True'"
+block:
-#   set_fact:
-#     apache_install: True
-#     apache_enabled: True
 
-# - name: APACHE - run 'httpd' role
+  - name: "Set 'apache_install: True' and 'apache_enabled: True'"
-#   include_role:
+    set_fact:
-#     name: httpd
+      apache_install: True
+      apache_enabled: True
+
+  - name: APACHE - run 'httpd' role
+    include_role:
+      name: httpd
+
+  when: not pbx_try_nginx
 
 
 - name: Install Asterisk

vars/default_vars.yml

@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ calibre_web_path: calibre  #NEEDS WORK: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/529
 # If using PBX intensively, investigate nginx_high_php_limits further above.
 pbx_install: False
 pbx_enabled: False
+pbx_try_nginx: False    # 2021-08-07: PLEASE TRY NGINX INSTEAD OF APACHE,
+# AFTER READING https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/2914 AND #2916, THX !
 asterisk_chan_dongle: False
 pbx_signaling_ports_chan_sip: 5160:5161
 pbx_signaling_ports_chan_pjsip: 5060

vars/local_vars_big.yml

@@ -405,4 +405,6 @@ calibre_web_path: calibre  #NEEDS WORK: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/529
 # If using PBX intensively, investigate nginx_high_php_limits further above.
 pbx_install: False
 pbx_enabled: False
+pbx_try_nginx: False    # 2021-08-07: PLEASE TRY NGINX INSTEAD OF APACHE,
+# AFTER READING https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/2914 AND #2916, THX !
 asterisk_chan_dongle: False

vars/local_vars_medium.yml

@@ -405,4 +405,6 @@ calibre_web_path: calibre  #NEEDS WORK: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/529
 # If using PBX intensively, investigate nginx_high_php_limits further above.
 pbx_install: False
 pbx_enabled: False
+pbx_try_nginx: False    # 2021-08-07: PLEASE TRY NGINX INSTEAD OF APACHE,
+# AFTER READING https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/2914 AND #2916, THX !
 asterisk_chan_dongle: False

vars/local_vars_min.yml

@@ -405,4 +405,6 @@ calibre_web_path: calibre  #NEEDS WORK: https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/529
 # If using PBX intensively, investigate nginx_high_php_limits further above.
 pbx_install: False
 pbx_enabled: False
+pbx_try_nginx: False    # 2021-08-07: PLEASE TRY NGINX INSTEAD OF APACHE,
+# AFTER READING https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/2914 AND #2916, THX !
 asterisk_chan_dongle: False