Installed software

• Apache2
• PHP7.4
• MariaDB
• NVM
• Homebrew
• PHPMyAdmin
• Wordpress
• Mailhog

Ansible system setup

How to install ansible: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-ansible-on-ubuntu

Debian / Ubuntu:

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install software-properties-common pwgen nano python python-pip -y
• sudo apt-add-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible
• sudo apt update
• sudo apt install ansible
• ansible-playbook setup-system.yml

or

• sudo ./bin/ansible_setup.sh
• ansible-playbook setup-system.yml

Now start powershell and reset distribution

• wsl -l to list all distributions
• wsl -t <DistributionName>

Sites setup

Databases

• Edit setup-hosts.yml
• add records to variable created_databases
  • database with new user - { name: 'test', user: 'test', password: 'test' }
  • database only - { name: 'test2' }

full example:

---
- hosts:
  - localhost
  vars:
    created_databases:
    - { name: 'test', user: 'test', password: 'test' }
    - { name: 'test2' }

Domains

• Edit setup-hosts.yml
• add records to variable created_domains
  • create site config - { name: 'site-name', domain: 'site-name.local', path: '/var/www/html' }
• add records to variable enabled_sites
  • it must be name defined in created_domains: - { name: 'site-name' }

full example:

---
- hosts:
  - localhost
  vars:
    created_domains:
    - { name: 'site-name', domain: 'site-name.local', path: '/var/www/html' }
    enabled_sites:
    - { name: 'site-name' }

Add hosts to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

Run setup

adjust php_extensions list in setup-hosts.yml and run ansible-playbook setup-hosts.yml

Add domains do hosts file

Edit C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts in text editor as administrator and add created domains

127.0.0.1 some-domain.local
127.0.0.1 other-domain.local

Run server

ansible-playbook run-server.yml

phpMyAdmin

use http://localhost/phpmyadmin or add pma.local to windows hosts file (if WSL)

mailhog

use http://localhost:8025 or add mailhog.local to windows hosts file (if WSL)

Wordpress

To install wordpress run ansible-playbook setup-wordpress.yml and follow instructions