Ansible Role: Prometheus RabbitMQ Exporter

This Ansible role helps you install and set up the Prometheus RabbitMQ Exporter. It works on Debian and RedHat based Linux systems. The tested platforms are:

• Ubuntu 16.04
• CentOS 7

Requirements

There are no special requirements; however, this role needs root access, so either run it in a playbook with become: yes.

Role Variables

Here are some variables you can use with this role, along with brief descriptions. For all variables, check defaults/main.yml.

rabbitmq_exporter_version: 0.29.0

This is the version you want to install.

rabbitmq_exporter_listen_address: "0.0.0.0"
rabbitmq_exporter_listen_port: 9419

These set the address and port for the exporter to listen on.

rabbitmq_exporter_root_dir: /opt/rabbitmq_exporter

This is the directory where the exporter will be installed.

rabbitmq_exporter_user: "rabbitmq-exp"
rabbitmq_exporter_group: "{{ rabbitmq_exporter_user }}"

Here you specify the user and group for the service.

# Check https://github.com/kbudde/rabbitmq_exporter#configuration for configuration options
rabbitmq_exporter_config_vars: |
  RABBIT_URL=http://127.0.0.1:15672
  RABBIT_USER=guest
  RABBIT_PASSWORD=guest

These are the configuration variables.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies.

Example Playbook

Here is an example of how to use this role in a playbook:

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

License

This project is licensed under the MIT/BSD licenses.

Author Information

This role was created by Maxim Baranov in 2018.