From 9b6589c91b9c69f6dd8f9507bfa951f549b7c49e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan DeMasi <me@jthan.io>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:55:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] debug nginx fact finding

---
 ansible/roles/lego/tasks/initial_cert.yaml | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ansible/roles/lego/tasks/initial_cert.yaml b/ansible/roles/lego/tasks/initial_cert.yaml
index 3b8b1d6..0d4fc60 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/lego/tasks/initial_cert.yaml
+++ b/ansible/roles/lego/tasks/initial_cert.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
+- name: Gather package facts
+  ansible.builtin.package_facts:
+    manager: auto  # Automatically detects the package manager (apt, yum, dnf, etc.)
+
+- name: Debug if NGINX is installed
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "NGINX is installed (version: {{ ansible_facts.packages['nginx'][0].version }})"
+  when: "'nginx' in ansible_facts.packages" # Checks if 'nginx' key exists in the gathered facts
+
+- name: Debug if NGINX is NOT installed
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "NGINX is not installed"
+  when: "'nginx' not in ansible_facts.packages"
+
 - name: Stop nginx to generate initial lego cert
   service:
     name: nginx
     state: stopped
-  when: "'nginx' in ansible_facts.packages" # Checks if 'nginx' key exists in the gathered facts
 
 - name: Generate initial cert
   command: