sansible / logstash

Install and configures Logstash via Ansible, see https://github.com/sansible/sansible for more information

Logstash

Master:
Develop:

• Installation and Dependencies
• Tags
• Examples

This roles installs Logstash for the ELK stack.

For more information on Logstash please visit elastic logstash.

Installation and Dependencies

This role will install sansible.users_and_groups for managing logstash user and sansible.java for installing java.

To install run ansible-galaxy install sansible.logstash or add this to your roles.yml

- name: sansible.logstash
  version: v2.1.x

and run ansible-galaxy install -p ./roles -r roles.yml

Tags

This role uses two tags: build and configure

• build - Installs Logstash and all it's dependencies.
• configure - Configure and ensures that the Logstash service is running.

Examples

To install:

- name: Elk Logstash
  hosts: "{{ hosts }}"

  roles:
    - role: sansible.logstash

To install 5.* version:

- name: Elk Logstash
  hosts: "{{ hosts }}"

  roles:
    - role: sansible.logstash
      sansible_logstash_family: 5.x
      sansible_logstash_version: 1:5.4.*

To install 6.* version:

- name: Elk Logstash
  hosts: "{{ hosts }}"

  roles:
    - role: sansible.logstash
      sansible_logstash_family: 6.x
      sansible_logstash_version: 1:6.6.*

With your own config files:

- name: Elk Logstash
  hosts: "{{ hosts }}"

  roles:
    - role: sansible.logstash
      sansible_logstash_default_config: no

  tasks:
    - name: Configure logstash
      become: yes
      template:
        src: "{{ item }}.j2"
        dest: "/etc/logstash/conf.d/{{ item }}"
      with_items:
        - templates/01-inputs.conf
        - templates/10-filters.conf
        - templates/90-outputs.conf
      notify:
        - restart logstash

logstash's Issues

Add ability to change java opts

This will allow for New Relic integration to be enabled.

Fix family detection when using 2.x

Family detection is broken when using version 2.

Update to Latest Standards

• Migrate to molecule testing
• Flatten variables
• Minor fixes and updates

version_compare deprecated in ansible 2.9

version_compare was deprecated in ansible 2.5 and removed in 2.9. it has been replaced with version and tests do not use | filter anymore and instead now use is filter:

docs:

filters
version_compare

Add support for 5.*

Fix 2.x on Bionic

The apt repos do not work for such an old version on Bionic.

Ansible 2.2 compatibility

This role needs to be updated in order to work correctly with Ansible 2.2
Ansible 2.2 does not support bare variables.

Change GPG and download locations to artifacts.elastic.co

The old domain seems to be broken and throws an SSL error.