Ansible Role Kibana

THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AS OF DEC 2023.

This role helps you install and set up Kibana on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

Here’s an example playbook from molecule/default/converge.yml. It's tested with every change made.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.kibana

Make sure the system is ready. In CI, this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.core_dependencies
    - role: robertdebock.elastic_repo

For more details, check this full explanation and example.

Role Variables

Default variable values are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for kibana

# Choose between "oss" (Apache 2.0 license) or "elastic" (Elastic license).
kibana_type: oss

# The IP address to bind on.
kibana_server_host: "0.0.0.0"

# The TCP port to bind on.
kibana_server_port: 5601

# A list of Elasticsearch URLs.
kibana_elasticsearch_hosts:
  - "http://localhost:9200"

Requirements

Install pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of Used Roles

These roles help prepare the system. You can choose other methods if you prefer.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.core_dependencies
robertdebock.elastic_repo

Context

This role is part of many compatible roles. For more information, see the documentation of these roles.

Here’s a visual representation of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested with these container images:

The minimum Ansible version needed is 2.12, and tests have been conducted on:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you encounter any issues, please report them on GitHub.

License

This role is licensed under Apache-2.0.

Author Information

Created by robertdebock.

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