graylog-sidecar

Ansible role to install and configure the Graylog sidecar.

Sponsor

Building and improving this Ansible role have been sponsored by my current and previous employers like Cloudpunks GmbH and Proact Deutschland GmbH.

Table of content

• Requirements
• Default Variables
  • graylog_sidecar_api_token
  • graylog_sidecar_cache_path
  • graylog_sidecar_config_directory
  • graylog_sidecar_list_log_files
  • graylog_sidecar_log_path
  • graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_keep_files
  • graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_max_file_size
  • graylog_sidecar_node_id
  • graylog_sidecar_node_name
  • graylog_sidecar_package
  • graylog_sidecar_send_status
  • graylog_sidecar_server_url
  • graylog_sidecar_tls_skip_verify
  • graylog_sidecar_update_interval
  • graylog_sidecar_whitelist
• Discovered Tags
• Dependencies
• License
• Author

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Requirements

• Minimum Ansible version: 2.10

Default Variables

graylog_sidecar_api_token

Token for Graylog authentication

Default value

graylog_sidecar_api_token:

graylog_sidecar_cache_path

Cache path

Default value

graylog_sidecar_cache_path: /var/cache/graylog-sidecar

graylog_sidecar_config_directory

Path to config directory

Default value

graylog_sidecar_config_directory: /var/lib/graylog-sidecar/generated

graylog_sidecar_list_log_files

List log files

Default value

graylog_sidecar_list_log_files: []

graylog_sidecar_log_path

Log path

Default value

graylog_sidecar_log_path: /var/log/graylog-sidecar

graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_keep_files

Max files to keep for log rotation

Default value

graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_keep_files: 10

graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_max_file_size

Max file size for log rotation

Default value

graylog_sidecar_log_rotate_max_file_size: 10MiB

graylog_sidecar_node_id

Value of part for the node ID

Default value

graylog_sidecar_node_id: file:/etc/machine-id

graylog_sidecar_node_name

Node name sent to Graylog

Default value

graylog_sidecar_node_name: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'

graylog_sidecar_package

Download URL for sidecar package

Default value

graylog_sidecar_package: 
  https://github.com/Graylog2/collector-sidecar/releases/download/1.0.0/graylog-sidecar_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb

graylog_sidecar_send_status

Send status

Default value

graylog_sidecar_send_status: true

graylog_sidecar_server_url

URL to Graylog server

Default value

graylog_sidecar_server_url: http://127.0.0.1:9000

graylog_sidecar_tls_skip_verify

Skip TLS verify

Default value

graylog_sidecar_tls_skip_verify: false

graylog_sidecar_update_interval

Update interval

Default value

graylog_sidecar_update_interval: 10

graylog_sidecar_whitelist

List of allowed binaries

Default value

graylog_sidecar_whitelist:
  - /usr/bin/filebeat
  - /usr/bin/packetbeat
  - /usr/bin/metricbeat
  - /usr/bin/heartbeat
  - /usr/bin/auditbeat
  - /usr/bin/journalbeat
  - /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat
  - /usr/share/packetbeat/bin/packetbeat
  - /usr/share/metricbeat/bin/metricbeat
  - /usr/share/heartbeat/bin/heartbeat
  - /usr/share/auditbeat/bin/auditbeat
  - /usr/share/journalbeat/bin/journalbeat

Discovered Tags

graylog-sidecar

Dependencies

• None

License

Apache-2.0

Author

Thomas Boerger