frekel / ansible-collectd

Ansible role to set up Collectd in Debian-like systems

collectd

Set up Collectd in Debian-like systems.

Requirements

None

Variables

• collectd_plugins_present: [default: ['contextswitch', 'cpu', 'df', 'disk', 'interface', 'irq', 'network', 'processes', 'swap', 'tcpconns', 'uptime']]: Names of the plugins to install

• collectd_plugins_absent: [default: []]: Names of the plugins to remove

• collectd_plugin_network_servers: [default: []]: The servers to send the data to

• collectd_plugin_network_servers.{n}.server: [required]: The IP address of the server

• collectd_plugin_network_servers.{n}.port: [default: 25826]: The port of the server

• collectd_plugin_network_servers.{n}.security_level: [optional]: The security level is one of three values: None, Sign or Encrypt

• collectd_plugin_network_servers.{n}.username: [optional]: Username

• collectd_plugin_network_servers.{n}.password: [optional]: Password

• collectd_plugin_disk_disks: [default: ['/^[vhs]d[a-f]$/']]: Names (or regexes to match names) of disks to collect information of

• collectd_plugin_interface_interfaces: [default: []]: Network interfaces to collect information of, defaults to all interfaces when empty

Dependencies

None

Example(s)

Minimal (set server IP address for network plugin only)

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - collectd
  vars:
    collectd_plugin_network_servers:
      - server: '10.0.0.1'

With encryption

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - collectd
  vars:
    collectd_plugin_network_servers:
      - server: '10.0.0.1'
        security_level: Encrypt
        username: foo
        password: bar

License

MIT

Author Information

• Mark van Driel
• Mischa ter Smitten

Feedback, bug-reports, requests, ...

Are welcome!