graylog-sidecar

This is an Ansible role used to install and set up the Graylog sidecar.

Sponsorship

This Ansible role has been supported by my current and previous employers, including Cloudpunks GmbH and Proact Deutschland GmbH.

Contents

• Requirements
• Default Variables
  • graylog_sidecar_api_token
  • graylog_sidecar_cache_path
  • graylog_sidecar_config_directory
  • graylog_sidecar_list_log_files
  • graylog_sidecar_log_path
  • graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_keep_files
  • graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_max_file_size
  • graylog_sidecar_node_id
  • graylog_sidecar_node_name
  • graylog_sidecar_package
  • graylog_sidecar_send_status
  • graylog_sidecar_server_url
  • graylog_sidecar_tls_skip_verify
  • graylog_sidecar_update_interval
  • graylog_sidecar_whitelist
• Discovered Tags
• Dependencies
• License
• Author

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Requirements

• At least Ansible version: 2.10

Default Variables

graylog_sidecar_api_token

Token used for Graylog authentication.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_api_token:

graylog_sidecar_cache_path

Location for cache files.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_cache_path: /var/cache/graylog-sidecar

graylog_sidecar_config_directory

Folder for configuration files.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_config_directory: /var/lib/graylog-sidecar/generated

graylog_sidecar_list_log_files

Files to log.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_list_log_files: []

graylog_sidecar_log_path

Location for log files.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_log_path: /var/log/graylog-sidecar

graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_keep_files

Max number of log files to keep during rotation.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_keep_files: 10

graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_max_file_size

Max size for log files before rotation.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_max_file_size: 10MiB

graylog_sidecar_node_id

ID for the node.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_node_id: file:/etc/machine-id

graylog_sidecar_node_name

Name of the node sent to Graylog.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_node_name: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'

graylog_sidecar_package

URL to download the sidecar package.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_package: 
  https://github.com/Graylog2/collector-sidecar/releases/download/1.0.0/graylog-sidecar_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb

graylog_sidecar_send_status

Whether to send status updates.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_send_status: true

graylog_sidecar_server_url

URL for the Graylog server.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_server_url: http://127.0.0.1:9000

graylog_sidecar_tls_skip_verify

Whether to skip TLS verification.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_tls_skip_verify: false

graylog_sidecar_update_interval

Interval for updates.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_update_interval: 10

graylog_sidecar_whitelist

List of allowed binaries.

Default value

graylog_sidecar_whitelist:
  - /usr/bin/filebeat
  - /usr/bin/packetbeat
  - /usr/bin/metricbeat
  - /usr/bin/heartbeat
  - /usr/bin/auditbeat
  - /usr/bin/journalbeat
  - /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat
  - /usr/share/packetbeat/bin/packetbeat
  - /usr/share/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat
  - /usr/share/heartbeat/bin/heartbeat
  - /usr/share/auditbeat/bin/auditbeat
  - /usr/share/journalbeat/bin/journalbeat

Discovered Tags

graylog-sidecar

Dependencies

• None

License

Apache-2.0

Author

Thomas Boerger