Ansible Role: prometheus-nginxlog-exporter

This is an Ansible role designed to install and set up the Prometheus Nginx logs Exporter. It currently supports Debian and RedHat based Linux systems. The tested platforms include:

• Ubuntu 16.04
• CentOS 7

Requirements

No special requirements; however, this role requires root access. So you should run it in a playbook with become: yes.

Role Variables

Here are the variables that can be used with this role and a short description for each. You can find all variables in defaults/main.yml.

nginxlog_exporter_version: 1.3.0  # version to install

nginxlog_exporter_listen_port: 4040  # port to listen on

nginxlog_exporter_root_dir: /opt/nginxlog_exporter  # installation directory

nginxlog_exporter_config_vars: |
  listen:
    port: {{ nginxlog_exporter_listen_port }}
    address: {{ nginxlog_exporter_listen_address }}
  namespaces:
    - name: nginx
      format: "$remote_addr [$time_local] \"$request\" $status $body_bytes_sent $request_time $upstream_response_time"
      source_files:
        - "/var/log/nginx/exporter.log"
      histogram_buckets: [.1, .3, .5, .7, 1, 3, 5, 7]  # configuration settings

For more details, check the configuration file documentation.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

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

- hosts: app
  become: yes
  roles:
      - mbaran0v.prometheus-nginxlog-exporter

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2019 by Maxim Baranov.