collectd

Ansible role to manage collectd.

collectd is a daemon that collects system performance statistics periodically and provides mechanisms to store the data in a variety of ways.

Requirements

No external dependencies.

Role Variables

For details on configuring collectd, please refer to their documentation:

• Documentation
• collectd.conf
• Wiki

The following variables are used by this role to configure collectd:

• collectd_packages: The default is to use the per-OS family default packages. You can override this to install additional collectd packages.
• collectd_conf_dir: Path to the directory that collectd will include configuration files from; defaults to /etc/collectd.d.
• collectd_plugins: A list of dictionaries that define plugins to load and configure. Each element in the list must define the key name and may define the key conf. The key conf is used to provide plugin specific configuration. Examples:

collectd_plugins:
  - name: syslog
  - name: disk
    conf: |
      Disk "vda"
      IgnoreSelected false

Dependencies

No dependency on other roles.

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: all
  roles:
     - { role: sfromm.collectd }

License

GPLv2

Author Information

See https://github.com/sfromm