Ansible Role: Kibana

This is an Ansible Role that sets up Kibana on RedHat/CentOS or Debian/Ubuntu systems.

Requirements

There are no special requirements.

Role Variables

Here are the variables you can use, along with their default values (check defaults/main.yml):

• kibana_version: "7.x"

  • This is the version of Kibana you want to install.

• kibana_package: kibana

• kibana_package_state: present

  • This is the specific package you are installing. You can change the package name and version as needed, and also manage the state (like present, absent, or latest).

• kibana_service_state: started

• kibana_service_enabled: true

  • These control whether the kibana service is running and set to start automatically when the system boots.

• kibana_config_template: kibana.yml.j2

• kibana_config_file_path: /etc/kibana/kibana.yml

  • This is the template for the Kibana configuration file and where it will be saved.

• kibana_server_port: 5601

• kibana_server_host: "0.0.0.0"

  • These set the IP address and port that Kibana will use.

• kibana_elasticsearch_url: "http://localhost:9200"

  • This is the URL where Kibana connects to Elasticsearch.

• kibana_elasticsearch_username: ""

• kibana_elasticsearch_password: ""

  • Enter the username and password for connecting Kibana to Elasticsearch.

• kibana_ssl_enabled: true

• kibana_ssl_certificate: "/etc/this/is/your/ssl/certificate"

• kibana_ssl_key: "/etc/this/is/your/ssl/keyfile"

  • Specify whether to use SSL and provide the paths to the certificate and key files.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies.

Example Playbook

- hosts: kibana
  roles:
    - geerlingguy.kibana

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by Jeff Geerling, who wrote Ansible for DevOps.