orachide.fluentbit

Ansible Role Fluentbit

This role installs Fluentbit as a service on your specified hosts.

Installation

Run this command to install the role:

ansible-galaxy install orachide.fluentbit

Requirements

No special requirements.

Role Variables

Variables	Required	Default value	Description
fluentbit_service_flush_seconds	No	5	How often to flush data, in seconds
fluentbit_service_metrics_listen_port	No	2020	The port for the metrics HTTP endpoint
fluentbit_inputs	No	[]	List of input configurations in JSON format to add to the main config file
fluentbit_outputs	No	[]	List of output configurations in JSON format to add to the main config file
fluentbit_additional_conf_files	No	[]	Additional configuration files to install; can be a Jinja template
fluentbit_apt_repo	No	deb https://packages.fluentbit.io/ubuntu/bionic bionic main	The URL for the apt package source

Dependencies

No dependencies.

Example Playbook

Here’s an example of how to use this role with some parameters:

- name: Setup Fluentbit
  hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: ansible-role-fluentbit
      fluentbit_service_flush_seconds: 5
      fluentbit_service_log_level: info
      fluentbit_service_enable_metrics: true
      fluentbit_service_metrics_listen_port: 2020
      fluentbit_apt_repo: 'deb https://packages.fluentbit.io/debian/buster buster main'
      fluentbit_inputs:
        - {"Name": "dummy", "Tag": "dummy.log"}
      fluentbit_outputs:
        - {"Name": "stdout", "Match": "*"}
      fluentbit_additional_conf_files:
        - name: cpu.conf
          template: '{{ playbook_dir }}/templates/cpu.conf.j2'