Ansible Role Logstash

THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AS OF DEC 2023.

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

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

Here’s a simple playbook to use this role, taken from molecule/default/converge.yml. It is tested frequently.

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

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.logstash

Before running, make sure to prepare the system 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 on using these roles, check out this explanation and example.

Role Variables

Default values for the variables can be found in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for logstash

# Choose the type of Logstash: "oss" (Apache 2.0 license) or "elastic" (Elastic license)
logstash_type: oss

Requirements

• Install pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of Used Roles

These roles are used to prepare your system. You can choose another preparation method.

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

Context

This role is part of several compatible roles. For more information, check the documentation for these roles here.

Overview of Related Roles

Compatibility

This role has been tested with these container images:

You need at least Ansible version 2.12, and tests have been done 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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