stone-payments.journalbeat

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This is an Ansible role used to set up a journalbeat log shipper.

Basic Usage

To use a simple setup, modify the defaults in defaults/main.yml. Here’s how to set it up minimally with an ElasticSearch endpoint:

- name: install and configure journalbeat
  hosts: all
  roles: stone-payments.journalbeat
  vars:
    journalbeat_elasticsearch: true
    journalbeat_hosts: { "logs.example.com:9200" }

To use this role, pick the type of endpoint (like elasticsearch, logstash, kafka, or redis), set the relevant variable to true, and provide a list of endpoint addresses in the journalbeat_hosts variable where the logs will be sent.

You can also include extra metadata for organization, like this:

journalbeat_product: "webserver"
journalbeat_env: "production"
journalbeat_net: "dmz"
journalbeat_dc: "ny1"

Advanced Settings

If there are configuration options not included in the simple setup, you can define them in the journalbeat_conf variable. This variable accepts a dictionary that matches the format of the YAML file used for configuring the journalbeat daemon. Here’s an example:

journalbeat_conf:
  journalbeat:
    convert_to_numbers: false
  output:
    elasticsearch:
      path: "/somePath"

For more details, check the configuration file reference in the original project documentation.