Ansible Role: wmi_exporter

Description

This is an Ansible role that installs the wmi_exporter on a Windows system. You can install it using Chocolatey (choco) or as a regular package.

Installation

To install this role, run:

ansible-galaxy install sbaerlocher.wmi_exporter

Requirements

Role Variables

Version

The latest version of wmi_exporter will be used unless you specify a 'wmi_exporter_version'.

Architecture

Specify the architecture for the wmi_exporter you want to install.

wmi_exporter_architecture: amd64

Install Parameters

You can set various Windows installation parameters for the wmi_exporter. For more details, you can look here.

• To select which collectors are enabled, use the --collectors.enabled flag and provide a comma-separated list.

wmi_exporter_enabled_collectors:

• Specify the IP address to bind to (default is 0.0.0.0).

wmi_exporter_listen_addr:

• Specify the port to bind to (default is 9182).

wmi_exporter_listen_port:

• Set the path to serve metrics (default is /metrics).

wmi_exporter_metrics_path:

• Specify a directory to read text files with metrics from, using the --collector.textfile.directory flag.

wmi_exporter_textfile_dir:

• You can pass additional command-line flags (default is empty).

wmi_exporter_extra_flags:

• Decide whether to ignore an existing choco installation and enforce installation as a package (default is false).

wmi_exporter_force_package: false

Global Variable

Proxy

If you are using a proxy, you can set the proxy details. By default, these will be taken from default_* variables. If they are not defined, they will be ignored.

wmi_exporter_proxy: '{{ default_proxy | default(omit) }}'
wmi_exporter_proxy_password: '{{ default_proxy_password | default(omit) }}'
wmi_exporter_proxy_username: '{{ default_proxy_username | default(omit) }}'
wmi_exporter_validate_certs: '{{ default_validate_certs | default(true) }}'

Package

Specify the download directory for the wmi_exporter installation files.

wmi_exporter_download_directory: "{{ ansible_env.TEMP }}\\wmi_exporter"

Dependencies

Example Playbook

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

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - sbaerlocher.wmi_exporter

Author

• Simon Bärlocher

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. You can view the full license text in the LICENSE file.

Copyright

(c) 2019, Simon Bärlocher