Deploying Wordpress with Ansible

deploy.sh

ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i hosts.yml -u ubuntu

hosts.yml

all:
  hosts:
    wordpress:
      ansible_host: yoursite.com # your server's IP address or domain
      ansible_private_key_file: # path to your identity file to authenticate, like ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pem

playbook.yml

---
- hosts: wordpress # from the 'hosts' definition in hosts.yml

  tasks:
  # deploys all new content except for user uploaded media
  - name: 'Deploy new content'
    synchronize:
      src: ./
      dest: /home/ubuntu/current/ # change this to your remote hosts's IP address
      recursive: yes
      delete: yes
      rsync_opts: # exclude sensitive or too-big directories
        - '--exclude=wp-content/uploads'
        - '--exclude=.env'
    become: yes

  - name: 'Change owner'
    file:
      path: /home/ubuntu/current
      state: directory
      owner: ubuntu # change the recently deployed files to your server/group of choice
      group: ubuntu
      recurse: yes
    become: yes