Insert line in nginx configuration file ansible inside http {}

Question

I am writing an ansible script to deploy django in centos 7. My problem is with nginx.

I have created /etc/nginx/sites-available and /etc/nginx/sites-enabled directories and have to include sites-available in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file at the bottom if http { } block.

How do I insert the line include /etc/nginx/sites-available/*.conf inside the http {} block in my ansible script after creating the respective directories and copying the configuration files?

The output should be

http {
    .....
    .....

    server {
        .......
    }

    include /etc/nginx/sites-available/*.conf;
}

Answer 1

You can use the lineinfile module. Something like this should work:

- lineinfile: dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf regexp="^include /etc/nginx/sites-available/*.conf;" insertbefore="server {" line="include /etc/nginx/sites-available/*.conf;"

This will insert the line before the server block. You can play around with insertbefore and insert after and different regular expressions.