playbook.yml

---
- hosts: all
  sudo: yes
  vars:
    # list of apps to be managed by pm2
    pm2_apps:
      - /var/apps/services/app.js
      - /var/apps/services/otherapp.js
      
    # franklinkim.nodejs
    nodejs_version: 0.12
    nodejs_packages:
      - pm2
      
  roles:
    - franklinkim.nodejs

  pre_tasks:
    - name: create apps group
      group: name=apps state=present
    - name: create apps user
      user: name=apps comment="Apps User" group=apps home=/var/apps
    - name: create node apps directory
      file: path=/var/apps state=directory owner=apps group=apps mode=0775
    - name: copy node app to apps directory
      copy: src=./services dest=/var/apps owner=apps group=apps mode=0644

  tasks:
    - name: install nginx
      apt: name=nginx state=present update_cache=yes
      notify:
        - start nginx
        
    - name: stop node apps
      command: pm2 delete all
      become: yes
      become_user: apps
      ignore_errors: yes
    - name: start node apps
      command: pm2 start {{ item }}
      become: yes
      become_user: apps
      with_items: pm2_apps
    - name: installing startup script
      command: pm2 startup ubuntu -u apps
      environment:
        HOME: /var/apps
      notify:
        - start pm2

  handlers:
    - name: start nginx
      service: name=nginx state=started