graylog_collector

Ansible Role: Graylog Collector Sidecar

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Installs and configures Graylog Sidecar Collector on RedHat/CentOS Linux servers.

Installation options:

  • latest version (pulled from official github repository)
  • specific version (pulled from official github repository)
  • local rpm (copied from files directory to remote server)

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

sidecar_server_url: http://127.0.0.1:9000/api/
sidecar_update_interval: 10
sidecar_tls_skip_verify: false
sidecar_send_status: true
sidecar_list_log_files: /var/log
sidecar_node_id: graylog-collector-sidecar
sidecar_collector_id: file:/etc/graylog/collector-sidecar/collector-id
sidecar_cache_path: /var/cache/graylog/collector-sidecar
sidecar_log_path: /var/log/graylog/collector-sidecar
sidecar_log_rotation_time: 86400
sidecar_log_max_age: 604800

sidecar_tags: ['linux', 'apache']

sidecar_backends:
         - {name: nxlog, enabled: false, binary_path: /usr/bin/nxlog, configuration_path: /etc/graylog/collector-sidecar/generated/nxlog.conf}
         - {name: filebeat, enabled: true, binary_path: /usr/bin/filebeat, configuration_path: /etc/graylog/collector-sidecar/generated/filebeat.yml}

If you like to install a specific version instead of the latest version, set sidecar_version: X.Y.Z.

 sidecar_version: 0.1.5
    
    

If you like to install a local rpm, place it in the files directory and set sidecar_local_package: 'collector-sidecar-X.Y.Z-1.x86_64.rpm' .

 sidecar_local_package: collector-sidecar-0.1.5-1.x86_64.rpm

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: mklettner.graylog_collector
      sidecar_server_url: https://example.com:9000/api/
      sidecar_update_interval: 20
      sidecar_node_id: "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
      sidecar_backends:
                 - {name: filebeat, enabled: true, binary_path: /usr/bin/filebeat, configuration_path: /etc/graylog/collector-sidecar/generated/filebeat.yml}

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2018 by Matthias Klettner.

About

Install Graylog Collector Sidecar, Filebeat & NXLog latest version or specific version via internet or local package. Also manages graylog-collector settings.

Install
ansible-galaxy install mklettner/ansible-role-graylog-collector
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