feat: v2.0.0 production-ready release with Redis, OPcache and Nginx optimizations

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,24 +5,59 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [2.0.0] - 2025-06-21 - Production-Ready Release
+
+### Added
+- Production-ready project cleanup and optimization
+- **Ansible Vault documentation and guide** for secure password management
+- Comprehensive security documentation (SECURITY.md)
+- Vault usage guide (docs/vault.md) with complete setup instructions
+- Enhanced SSL/HTTPS support with modern TLS configurations
+- Nginx security headers (X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, etc.)
+- HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) for SSL deployments
+- **Redis caching** in ultimate playbook with WordPress object cache plugin
+- **PHP OPcache optimization** for enhanced performance
+- **Advanced Nginx optimizations** (gzip compression, caching, buffer tuning, timeouts)
+
+### Changed
+- **BREAKING**: Removed experimental features for production stability (moved non-essential features to optional)
+- Streamlined to 2 production-ready playbooks: `lemp-wordpress.yml` (basic) and `lemp-wordpress-ultimate.yml` (with Redis & OPcache)
+- Reduced templates to 5 production-tested files only
+- Cleaned inventory structure: `production.yml`, `docker.yml`, `production.yml.example`
+- Enhanced documentation structure with consistent multi-language support
+- Improved security features focus on SSL/TLS and Nginx hardening
+- Updated CONTRIBUTING.md to reflect current project structure
+
+### Removed
+- Test playbooks and development artifacts
+- Experimental Fail2Ban integration (moved to future roadmap for better implementation)
+- Non-essential templates and inventory files
+- Test deployment files with hardcoded passwords
+
+### Security
+- All production passwords replaced with secure placeholder values
+- **Ansible Vault documentation** provided for sensitive data management
+- Secure inventory templates with placeholder values (`CHANGE_ME_*`)
+- Enhanced SSL certificate management
+- Complete vault.md guide for implementing encrypted password storage
 
 ### Planned
-- PostgreSQL database support
-- Apache webserver option
-- Advanced monitoring dashboard
+- WordPress Multisite automation
+- Advanced backup strategies with retention policies
+- Fail2Ban integration (improved implementation)
+- Monitoring integration (Prometheus/Grafana)
+- Database replication setup
+- Performance tuning guides
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2025-06-19 - First Release
 
 ### Added
 - Complete LEMP stack automation for Ubuntu/Debian
-- SSL/HTTPS support with Let's Encrypt integration
+- SSL/HTTPS support with modern TLS configuration
 - GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
-- Advanced WordPress features (Redis, Memcached, Fail2Ban)
-- Automated backup system with retention
-- WordPress Multisite support
+- WordPress automation with WP-CLI integration
 - Performance optimizations (PHP OPcache, MySQL tuning)
-- Security enhancements (Fail2Ban, secure configurations)
+- Security enhancements (SSL/TLS hardening, secure configurations)
 - Comprehensive documentation and guides
 - Contributing guidelines and troubleshooting guide
 - Docker testing environment
@@ -39,8 +74,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Better template organization
 - Focused exclusively on Ubuntu/Debian family systems for better stability
 - Unified variables into single debian-family.yml file
-- Streamlined playbooks for better maintainability
-- Improved test reliability with syntax checks instead of runtime tests
+- Streamlined playbooks for production readiness
+- Improved test reliability with comprehensive integration tests
 
 ### Fixed
 - WP-CLI download from official source