Allow other service names besides 'nginx' and give the option to not include OS variables

defaults/main.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ nginx_ppa_version: stable
 # The name of the nginx package to install.
 nginx_package_name: "nginx"
 
+# If the name of the service is not nginx, it can be customized
+nginx_service_name: nginx
+
 nginx_conf_template: "nginx.conf.j2"
 nginx_vhost_template: "vhost.j2"
 
@@ -84,3 +87,6 @@ nginx_log_format: |
   '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
   '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
   '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"'
+
+# If one does not desire to include the OS-specific variables (vars/{{ ansible_os_family }}.yaml)
+nginx_include_os_vars: true

handlers/main.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - name: restart nginx
-  service: name=nginx state=restarted
+  service: name={{ nginx_service_name }} state=restarted
 
 - name: validate nginx configuration
-  command: nginx -t -c /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+  command: nginx -t -c {{ nginx_conf_file_path }}
   changed_when: False
 
 - name: reload nginx
-  service: name=nginx state=reloaded
+  service: name={{ nginx_service_name }} state=reloaded

tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Variable setup.
 - name: Include OS-specific variables.
   include_vars: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
+  when: nginx_include_os_vars
 
 - name: Define nginx_user.
   set_fact:
@@ -42,4 +43,4 @@
     - reload nginx
 
 - name: Ensure nginx is started and enabled to start at boot.
-  service: name=nginx state=started enabled=yes
+  service: name={{ nginx_service_name }} state=started enabled=yes