Ansible Role: logwatch

An ansible role to install and configure logwatch.

Requirements

This role has been tested on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10 only.

Variables

• logwatch_email: email address which Logwatch reports to
  • Default: root
• logwatch_detail: the level of detail in the Logwatch report
  • Default: low
• logwatch_range: the default time range for the Logwatch report
  • Default: yesterday
• logwatch_output: the output method of the Logwatch report
  • Default: mail
  • Options:
    • stdout
    • mail
    • file
• logwatch_format: the format of the Logwatch report
  • Default: text
  • Options:
    • text
    • html
• logwatch_daily_reports: send daily reports
  • Default: true
• logwatch_services: list of services to monitor
  • Default: ['All']

Usage Example

- hosts: all
  vars:
    logwatch_email:
      - [email protected]
  roles:
    - thedumbtechguy.logwatch

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created by TheDumbTechGuy ( twitter | blog | galaxy )

Credits