diff --git a/ops/ansible/inventories/legislation.demo.openfisca.org.yml b/ops/ansible/inventories/legislation.demo.openfisca.org.yml
index 3d036da2..0b108617 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/inventories/legislation.demo.openfisca.org.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/inventories/legislation.demo.openfisca.org.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ all:
 
       # Reverse proxy
 
-      host_name: legislation.demo.openfisca.org
+      reverse_proxy_host_name: legislation.demo.openfisca.org
 
       letsencrypt_email: contact@openfisca.org
       letsencrypt_environment: production
diff --git a/ops/ansible/inventories/legislation.fr.openfisca.org.yml b/ops/ansible/inventories/legislation.fr.openfisca.org.yml
index 02f81f64..a7089e5d 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/inventories/legislation.fr.openfisca.org.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/inventories/legislation.fr.openfisca.org.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ all:
 
       # Reverse proxy
 
-      host_name: legislation.fr.openfisca.org
+      reverse_proxy_host_name: legislation.fr.openfisca.org
 
       letsencrypt_email: contact@openfisca.org
       letsencrypt_environment: production
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/defaults/main.yml b/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/defaults/main.yml
index f23d5eae..9014bdf5 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@ ui_strings: |
 repo_url: https://github.com/openfisca/legislation-explorer.git
 branch: master
 
-# Reverse proxy
-host_name: localhost
-base_path: /
-
-# Optional: SSL certificate
-# An SSL certificate is issued from Let's Encrypt if `letsencrypt_email` is defined.
-letsencrypt_email: null
-letsencrypt_environment: staging # switch to `production` after testing to avoid reaching your Let's Encrypt quota
-
 # Optional: Matomo tracker
 # See more on https://github.com/openfisca/openfisca-tracker
 matomo_url: null
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/tasks/main.yml
index 633c1647..20a6d2ca 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
         name:
           - acl # Provides "setfacl" command, used by Ansible to become another Unix user
           - git
-          - nginx
           - nodejs=10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1
           - npm=6.14.4+ds-1ubuntu2
         state: present
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@
 
 - name: Copy the environment file for Legislation Explorer
   ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: systemd/legislation-explorer.env.j2
+    src: legislation-explorer.env.j2
     dest: "{{ source_dir_path }}/.env"
 
 - name: Build the application
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@
   block:
     - name: Copy the systemd service file
       ansible.builtin.template:
-        src: systemd/legislation-explorer.service.j2
+        src: legislation-explorer.service.j2
         dest: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ systemd_service_file_name }}"
 
     - name: Enable and start the systemd service
@@ -84,54 +83,3 @@
   until: this.status == 200
   retries: 5 # times
   delay: 5 # Every 5 seconds
-
-- name: Copy the nginx vhost file to the sites-available directory of Nginx
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: nginx/legislation-explorer.conf.j2
-    dest: "/etc/nginx/sites-available/{{ host_name }}.conf"
-
-- name: Link the nginx vhost file to the sites-enabled directory of Nginx
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    src: "/etc/nginx/sites-available/{{ host_name }}.conf"
-    dest: "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/{{ host_name }}.conf"
-    state: link
-  notify: Reload nginx
-
-- name: Set SSL up
-  when: letsencrypt_email
-  block:
-    - name: Install Certbot and its Nginx plugin
-      ansible.builtin.apt:
-        install_recommends: no
-        name:
-          - certbot
-          - python3-certbot-nginx
-        state: present
-        update_cache: no
-
-    - name: Use Let's Encrypt staging environment
-      when: letsencrypt_environment == "staging"
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        certbot_staging_option: "--staging"
-
-    - name: Reinstall or renew an SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt using the certbot client
-      ansible.builtin.command: >
-        certbot
-        --non-interactive --email {{ letsencrypt_email }} --agree-tos
-        --nginx --redirect
-        --domain {{ host_name }}
-        --cert-name {{ host_name }}
-        --keep-until-expiring
-        {{ certbot_staging_option | default() }}
-      become_user: root
-      register: certbot_result
-
-    - name: Enable HTTP/2
-      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-        backrefs: yes
-        line: '\1\2 http2;\3'
-        path: "/etc/nginx/sites-available/{{ host_name }}.conf"
-        regexp: "^(.*)(listen 443 ssl);(.+)$"
-      notify: Reload nginx
-      tags:
-        - http2
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/systemd/legislation-explorer.env.j2 b/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/legislation-explorer.env.j2
similarity index 89%
rename from ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/systemd/legislation-explorer.env.j2
rename to ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/legislation-explorer.env.j2
index ad9e630f..d9299e28 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/systemd/legislation-explorer.env.j2
+++ b/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/legislation-explorer.env.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NODE_ENV=production
 
 HOST={{ app_host }}
 PORT={{ app_port }}
-PATHNAME={{ base_path }}
+PATHNAME={{ reverse_proxy_base_path }}
 
 API_URL={{ api_url | quote }}
 CHANGELOG_URL={{ changelog_url | quote }}
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/systemd/legislation-explorer.service.j2 b/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/legislation-explorer.service.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/systemd/legislation-explorer.service.j2
rename to ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/legislation-explorer.service.j2
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/nginx/legislation-explorer.conf.j2 b/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/nginx/legislation-explorer.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a7a162d..00000000
--- a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/templates/nginx/legislation-explorer.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-server {
-    listen 80;
-    server_name {{ host_name }};
-
-    access_log /var/log/nginx/{{ host_name }}-access.log;
-    error_log /var/log/nginx/{{ host_name }}-error.log;
-
-    location ~ ^{{ base_path }}(.*)$ {
-        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{{ app_port }}/$1;
-        include /etc/nginx/proxy_params;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/defaults/main.yml b/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8823aed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# To activate the Nginx reverse proxy, set `reverse_proxy_host_name` to the host name it will listen to
+reverse_proxy_host_name: null
+reverse_proxy_base_path: /
+
+# Optional: SSL certificate
+# An SSL certificate is issued from Let's Encrypt if `letsencrypt_email` is defined.
+letsencrypt_email: null
+letsencrypt_environment: staging # switch to `production` only after testing to avoid reaching your Let's Encrypt quota
+
+# Fully managed by Ansible, you should not need to edit this unless you have a naming collision
+nginx_conf_file_name: "{{ reverse_proxy_host_name }}.conf"
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/handlers/main.yml b/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/handlers/main.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from ops/ansible/roles/legislation_explorer/handlers/main.yml
rename to ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/handlers/main.yml
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b7b9e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+- name: Install the reverse-proxy
+  when: reverse_proxy_host_name
+  block:
+    - name: Install the Nginx Ubuntu package
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        install_recommends: no
+        name:
+          - nginx
+        state: present
+        update_cache: no
+
+    - name: Copy the nginx vhost file to the sites-available directory of Nginx
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: legislation-explorer.conf.j2
+        dest: "/etc/nginx/sites-available/{{ nginx_conf_file_name }}"
+
+    - name: Link the nginx vhost file to the sites-enabled directory of Nginx
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        src: "/etc/nginx/sites-available/{{ nginx_conf_file_name }}"
+        dest: "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/{{ nginx_conf_file_name }}"
+        state: link
+      notify: Reload nginx
+
+    - name: Set SSL up
+      when: letsencrypt_email
+      block:
+        - name: Install Certbot and its Nginx plugin
+          ansible.builtin.apt:
+            install_recommends: no
+            name:
+              - certbot
+              - python3-certbot-nginx
+            state: present
+            update_cache: no
+
+        - name: Use Let's Encrypt staging environment
+          when: letsencrypt_environment == "staging"
+          ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            certbot_staging_option: "--staging"
+
+        - name: Issue or renew an SSL certificate with Let's Encrypt
+          ansible.builtin.command: >
+            certbot
+            --non-interactive --email {{ letsencrypt_email }} --agree-tos
+            --nginx --redirect
+            --cert-name {{ reverse_proxy_host_name }}
+            --domain {{ reverse_proxy_host_name }}
+            --keep-until-expiring
+            {{ certbot_staging_option | default() }}
+          become_user: root
+          register: certbot_result
+
+        - name: Enable HTTP/2
+          ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+            backrefs: yes
+            line: '\1\2 http2;\3'
+            path: "/etc/nginx/sites-available/{{ nginx_conf_file_name }}"
+            regexp: "^(.*)(listen 443 ssl);(.+)$"
+          notify: Reload nginx
+          tags:
+            - http2
diff --git a/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/templates/legislation-explorer.conf.j2 b/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/templates/legislation-explorer.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6f01e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ops/ansible/roles/reverse_proxy/templates/legislation-explorer.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name {{ reverse_proxy_host_name }};
+
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/{{ reverse_proxy_host_name }}-access.log;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/{{ reverse_proxy_host_name }}-error.log;
+
+    location ~ ^{{ reverse_proxy_base_path }}(.*)$ {
+        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:{{ app_port }}/$1;
+        include /etc/nginx/proxy_params;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ops/ansible/site.yml b/ops/ansible/site.yml
index 93b74c9c..66c79057 100644
--- a/ops/ansible/site.yml
+++ b/ops/ansible/site.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
   hosts: all
   roles:
     - legislation_explorer
+    - reverse_proxy
diff --git a/ops/docs/Install-instance.md b/ops/docs/Install-instance.md
index d1d0a4ca..c275e4c4 100644
--- a/ops/docs/Install-instance.md
+++ b/ops/docs/Install-instance.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ all:
       ansible_user: root # define here the username to use when connecting over SSH
       # adjust the variables defined in `ansible/roles/*/defaults/main.yml` below:
       api_url: https://my-openfisca-api.example/
-      host_name: my-legislation-explorer.example
+      reverse_proxy_host_name: my-legislation-explorer.example
 ```
 
 ## 4. Install and start the Legislation Explorer
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ all:
 2. Navigate to the freshly downloaded folder: `cd legislation-explorer`.
 3. Type the following command: `ansible-playbook --inventory ansible/inventories/YOUR_INVENTORY.yml ansible/site.yml`.
 
-Once the command is done, your target machine should run the Legislation Explorer. Just open `http://HOST_NAME/` in your browser. You can change the port and path through the configuration file, by changing the variables `app_port` or `base_path`.
+Once the command is done, your target machine should run the Legislation Explorer. Just open `http://HOST_NAME/` in your browser. You can change the port and path through the configuration file, by changing the variables `app_port` or `reverse_proxy_base_path`.
 
 ### Optional: enable Matomo
 
diff --git a/ops/docs/Serve-local-instance.md b/ops/docs/Serve-local-instance.md
index 6ecc00e7..b9813a1b 100644
--- a/ops/docs/Serve-local-instance.md
+++ b/ops/docs/Serve-local-instance.md
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ Thanks to Vagrant port forwarding, the port 80 inside the virtual machine is for
 
 > On such a local virtual machine, the application is by default served over HTTP instead of HTTPS, as SSL certificates cannot be automatically provisioned by Let’s Encrypt.
 
-> The `base_path` variable won't have any effect when using this local virtual machine setup. When using Vagrant, by default the app is accessed directly, with no reverse proxy.
+> The `reverse_proxy_base_path` variable won't have any effect when using this local virtual machine setup. When using Vagrant, by default the app is accessed directly, with no reverse proxy.