Deploying a PHP Project on Production with Ansible

Getting to know Ansible

Ansible is a powerful automation tool utilizing YAML for infrastructure as code, enabling application deployment, configuration management, and task automation via SSH. While ideal models envision seamless, automated infrastructure, reality often involves manual intervention and troubleshooting, costing engineering time and potentially leading to deployment failures.

Key Insights

• Ansible uses YAML for Playbooks: This simplifies configuration compared to imperative scripting.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Ansible embodies this principle, treating infrastructure as software.
• Docker Integration: Ansible seamlessly integrates with Docker for containerized deployments, as demonstrated in the example.

Working Example

---
- name: Update web servers
hosts: webservers
tasks:
- name: Ensure apache is at the latest version
  ansible.builtin.yum:
    name: httpd
    state: latest

Practical Applications

• Company/system: FrankenPHP project deployment
• Pitfall: Incorrectly configured Nginx proxy settings can lead to application downtime.

References:

• https://dev.to/deniskorbakov/we-are-deploying-a-php-project-on-the-prod-using-ansible-3kam
• https://github.com/deniskorbakov/laravel-12-frankenphp-docker