--- - name: Customize systemd unit copy: content: | [Unit] Description=The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server After=syslog.target network-online.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target Wants=network-online.target [Service] Type=forking PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid ExecStartPre={{ nginx_openresty | ternary('/usr/local/openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx','/sbin/nginx') }} -t ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /run/nginx.pid ExecStart={{ nginx_openresty | ternary('/usr/local/openresty/nginx/sbin/nginx','/sbin/nginx') }} ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID ExecStop=/bin/kill -s QUIT $MAINPID PrivateTmp=true Restart=on-failure StartLimitInterval=0 RestartSec=5 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target dest: /etc/systemd/system/nginx.service register: nginx_unit notify: restart nginx tags: web - name: Remove obsolete unit conf file: path=/etc/systemd/system/nginx.service.d/ansible.conf state=absent tags: web - name: Reload systemd systemd: daemon_reload=True when: nginx_unit.changed tags: web - name: Start and enable the service service: name=nginx state=started enabled=True tags: web