newsyslog

ansible-role-openbsd-newsyslog

Ansible role for OpenBSD's newsyslog, an equivalent to logrotate.

Automatic testing is provided using molecule's delegated driver and https://builds.sr.ht.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Variable	Description
`newsyslog_config`	newsyslog configuration in plain text
`newsyslog_extra_rules`	Additional rules to append to the default configuration

Variables newsyslog_config and newsyslog_extra_rules are mutually incompatible.

`newsyslog_extra_rules`

This variable is as YAML representation of lines in newsyslog.conf as a list of hashes.

Key	Default value
name	mandatory
owner	mandatory
group	mandatory
mode	mandatory
count	mandatory
size	`*`
when	`*`
flags	`Z`
monitor	optional
pidfile	optional
signal	optional
command	optional

Example:

newsyslog_extra_rules:
  - name: /var/log/mysql.log
    owner: root
    group: wheel
    mode: 600
    count: 5

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbooks

Overwriting existing newsyslog.conf:

- hosts: syslog
  vars:
    newsyslog_config: |
      /var/cron/log root:wheel 600 7 300 * Z
      /var/www/logs/www.example.com.access.log root:daemon 644 4 * * Z "pkill -USR1 -u root -U root -x httpd"
  roles:
    - role: tleguern.newsyslog

Appending lines to a default configuration:

- hosts: matomo
  vars:
    newsyslog_extra_rules:
      - name: /var/www/logs/www.example.com.access.log
        owner: root
        group: daemon
        mode: 644
        count: 4
        command: "pkill -USR1 -u root -U root -x httpd"
  roles:
  - role: tleguern.newsyslog