Ansible Role: Kibana

This is an Ansible Role that installs Kibana on RedHat/CentOS or Debian/Ubuntu systems.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Here are the available variables along with their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

• kibana_version: "7.x"

  The version of Kibana to install.

• kibana_package: kibana

• kibana_package_state: present

  The specific package to install. You can change the package name to specify a version according to your system and package manager. You can also set the package state (e.g., present, absent, or latest).

• kibana_service_state: started

• kibana_service_enabled: true

  These settings control whether the Kibana service starts and is enabled at system boot.

• kibana_config_template: kibana.yml.j2

• kibana_config_file_path: /etc/kibana/kibana.yml

  This specifies the template for the Kibana configuration file and where that file will be saved.

• kibana_server_port: 5601

• kibana_server_host: "0.0.0.0"

  These settings define the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or IP address and port that Kibana will use.

• kibana_elasticsearch_url: "http://localhost:9200"

  The URL (including port) that Kibana will use to connect to Elasticsearch.

• kibana_elasticsearch_username: ""

• kibana_elasticsearch_password: ""

  If Elasticsearch requires HTTP basic authentication, enter the username and password here so that Kibana can connect.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: kibana
  roles:
    - geerlingguy.kibana

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by Jeff Geerling, who is the author of Ansible for DevOps.