Solarwinds Papertrail

Install Solarwinds Papertrail logging. Should work with most distributions with Rsyslog installed, automated tests are run on Debian and Ubuntu.

Requirements

Rsyslogd and Papertrail account.

Role Variables

Solarwinds settings

log_server

The log server hostname you get from the Solarwinds Papertrail. It should look like logsX.papertrailapp.com.

log_port

The log server port you get from the Solarwinds Papertrail.

Common settings

log_config_owner

The owner for the configuration file created. Defaults to root.

log_config_group

The group for the configuration file created. Defaults to root.

log_config_mode

The permissions for the configuration file created. Defaults to u=rw,go=r.

Rsyslogd specific settings

rsyslog_config_dir

The folder to write the Papertrail configuration to. Defaults to /etc/rsyslog.d.

rsyslog_config_file

The file to write the Papertrail configuration to. Defaults to {{ rsyslog_config_dir }}/95-papertrail.conf.

rsyslog_config_main

The main Rsyslog configuration to check for, used to check Rsyslog existence. Defaults to /etc/rsyslog.conf.

rsyslog_service

The Rsyslog service name. Defaults to rsyslog.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: "servers"
  roles:
  - "mireiawen.solarwinds-papertrail"
    log_server: "logsX.papertrailapp.com"
    log_port: "12345"

License

MIT, see LICENSE