Monitoring ansible setup

Overview

Role to setup a new monitoring server. This stack is modular and comes with:

This has been tested on:

Tip

The testing will be done using molecule and is automated using github-actions.

A machine with an SSH connection.

The variables are defined in defaults/main.yml. These should be configured as needed:

Variable	Default	Info
`download_location`	`/tmp`	Download location
`packages`	`[]`	General packages that should be installed
---
`grafana_version`	`x.x.x`	Package version to be installed
`grafana_datasources`	`[]`	Datasources that should be added
---
`prometheus_user`	`prometheus`	User for prometheus installation
`prometheus_version`	`x.x.x`	Package version to be installed
`prometheus_scrape_config_jobs`	`[]`	Define scrap jobs
---
`node_exporter_user`	`node_exporter`	User for node_exporter installation
`node_exporter_version`	`x.x.x`	Package version to be installed
`node_exporter_architecture`	`amd64`	Package architecture
---
`loki_user`	`loki`	User for loki installation
`loki_version`	`x.x.x`	Package version to be installed
---
`fluentbit_user`	`fluentbit`	User for fluentbit installation
`fluentbit_loki_server`	`127.0.0.1`	Loki server to ship to
`fluentbit_scrape_configs`	`[]`	Files to scrape for logging
`fluentbit_config_service`	`[]`	Config for fluentbit service
`fluentbit_config_input`	`[]`	Config for fluentbit input
`fluentbit_config_output`	`[]`	Config for fluentbit output

Note

Use ansible tags to select which components to setup. Multiple ones can be selected at once.

---
- name: test playbook
  hosts: general

  roles:
  - role: ansible-monitoring -b --tags 'prometheus'