home-server-role-creator

Adding a self-hosted application to Ansible infrastructure involves creating a role following established patterns for directory structure, task organization, and integration points. This Skill documents the complete workflow for binary, package, and container deployment methods, including firewall, NGINX, SELinux, and DNS configuration to ensure secure, maintainable deployments.

The home-server infrastructure defines explicit integration patterns for these components. Firewall rules expose ports, NGINX proxies traffic, SELinux enforces security contexts, and DNS registers hostnames. This Skill provides the conventions and variable definitions for each integration so new roles deploy consistently with existing services.

Each installation method—binary, package, or container—suits different scenarios. This Skill illustrates patterns and trade-offs for all three, showing how role structure, dependencies, and testing procedures adapt to each approach within the home-server Ansible infrastructure.

Role structure follows conventions for directory layout, variable definitions, and task organization documented in this Skill. Proper structure ensures your new service integrates cleanly with firewall, NGINX, SELinux, DNS, and testing procedures already established in the home-server infrastructure.

This Skill defines explicit testing procedures to verify web access, service functionality, and integration with firewall, NGINX, SELinux, and DNS. Testing ensures the new role meets functional and technical requirements and behaves consistently with existing home-server deployments.

Yes. This Skill specifies variable definition patterns and integration requirements for firewall, NGINX, SELinux, and DNS so each new role declares its configuration explicitly. Consistent variable definitions simplify maintenance and enable reliable automation across your home-server infrastructure.