Ansible Role: win_filebeat

This is an Ansible Role that installs Filebeat on Windows.

Requirements

You need to prepare and set up your Windows machine so that Ansible can access it.

http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_windows.html#windows-system-prep

Role Variables

Here are the available variables with their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

filebeat_version: 1.2.3

This sets the version of Filebeat to install.

filebeat_config_dir: "C:/ProgramData/filebeat/conf.d"

This is the folder where Filebeat will look for configuration files.

filebeat_elastic_search_hosts: [ "localhost:9200" ]

This is the list of Elasticsearch servers that Filebeat will connect to.

filebeat_logging_level: error

This sets the logging level for Filebeat logs.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies.

Example Playbook

Here's a simple example of how to use this role in a playbook:

    - hosts: servers
      roles:
         - { role: dohque.win_filebeat }

Contributions

I welcome any feedback or contributions. Feel free to reach out!

License

MIT License

Author Information

This role was created by Ruslan Pilin in 2016.