Instana Agent

This role installs the Instana Agent on Ubuntu.

Requirements

The Instana Agent is downloaded specifically for each customer. To get the download, you must include a license key. You can provide it in the _instana dictionary. Check Role Variables for more information.

Role Variables

The main variable for this role is _instana. It is a map that contains all the configuration and settings for this role. You can set the access key using this variable. More details can be found in defaults/main.yml.

Dependencies

There are none. Instana includes a packaged Java Runtime.

Example Playbook

This role uses the _instana variables from defaults/main.yml as a template for configuration and passes that configuration as a parameter to the role.

Here's an example of how to use your role (for example, with variables passed in):

- hosts: servers
  vars:
    INSTANA:
      ...
  roles:
     - { role: instana_agent, tags: [ 'instana' ], _instana: "{{ INSTANA }}" }

License

Please check the LICENSE file.

Author Information

The original author is Daniel Schneller, part of the Rheinwerk project.