robertdebock.kibana
Ansible role kibana
THIS ROLE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AS OF DEC 2023.
Install and configure Kibana on your system.
| GitHub | GitLab | Downloads | Version | 
|---|---|---|---|
Example Playbook
This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.
---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes
  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.kibana
The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:
---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no
  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.core_dependencies
    - role: robertdebock.elastic_repo
Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.
Role Variables
The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:
---
# defaults file for kibana
# Elastic offers both "oss" (Apache 2.0 license) and "elastic"
# (Elastic license). Select the type here. Either "oss" or "elastic"
kibana_type: oss
# The IP addres to bind on.
kibana_server_host: "0.0.0.0"
# The TCP port to bind on.
kibana_server_port: 5601
# A list of elasticsearch urls.
kibana_elasticsearch_hosts:
  - "http://localhost:9200"
Requirements
- pip packages listed in requirements.txt.
 
State of used roles
The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.
| Requirement | GitHub | GitLab | 
|---|---|---|
| robertdebock.bootstrap | ||
| robertdebock.core_dependencies | ||
| robertdebock.elastic_repo | 
Context
This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.
Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility
This role has been tested on these container images:
| container | tags | 
|---|---|
| Amazon | all | 
| Debian | all | 
| EL | all | 
| Fedora | all | 
| Ubuntu | focal, bionic | 
The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:
- The previous version.
 - The current version.
 - The development version.
 
If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.
License
Author Information
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ansible-galaxy install robertdebock.kibana