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Ansible role for Metricbeat
https://github.com/sirkjohannsen/ansible-role-metricbeat

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# Ansible role for MetricBeat

An Ansible Role that installs MetricBeat on Red Hat/CentOS or Debian/Ubuntu.

Special thanks to Emiliano Castagnari (https://github.com/torian) for his
Filebeat role. This role is based on the code of
https://github.com/torian/ansible-role-filebeat

## Tested On

* EL / Centos (6 / 7)
* Debian (Wheezy / Jessie)
* Ubuntu (Trusty)

## Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with their default values as
definied in `defaults/main.yml`.

MetricBeat user and group. If you run MetricBeat with a user other than root make
sure your logs are readable by the MetricBeat user. Add the MetricBeat user to a
privileged group, with access to your logs.

On Ubuntu you would add the user to the `adm` group. On CentOS you can adjust
the permissions with the `setfacl` command, e.g. `sudo setfacl -m g:metricbeat:r
`.

metricbeat_user: root
metricbeat_group: root

Create the `metricbeat` user and group.

metricbeat_create_user: true

MetricBeat version to use.

metricbeat_version: 5.0.0-alpha4

Make use of the MetricBeat repo (yum or apt).

You may use a URL to install a specific `.deb` or `.rpm`.
To do so, change `metricbeat_use_repo` value to `false`, then (optionally)
adjust the value of `metricbeat_baseurl` (which has a default value set for you).

metricbeat_use_repo: true

MetricBeat base URL for package download if `metricbeat_use_repo: false`

metricbeat_baseurl: "https://download.elastic.co/beats/metricbeat"

Start MetricBeat at boot time.

metricbeat_start_at_boot: true

MetricBeat version upgrade. This option allows package upgrades.

metricbeat_upgrade: false

MetricBeat configuration file.

metricbeat_config_file: /etc/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml

The MetricBeat configuration is built based on the variable `metricbeat_config`.
For easier management of the contents, the `metricbeat_config` variable is made
up of multiple other variables:

* `metricbeat_config_modules`
* `metricbeat_config_general`
* `metricbeat_config_processors`
* `metricbeat_config_output`
* `metricbeat_config_logging`

```yaml
metricbeat_config_modules: |
metricbeat.modules:
- module: system
metricsets:
- cpu
#- load
#- core
- diskio
- filesystem
#- fsstat
- memory
- network
- process
enabled: true
period: 10s
processes: ['.*']
# if true, exports the CPU usage in ticks, together with the percentage values
cpu_ticks: false
metricbeat_config_general: |
name: {{ ansible_hostname }}
# tags: ['tag1','tag2']
env: {{ env | default('none') }}
fields_under_root: false
# ignore_outgoing: true
# refresh_topology_freq: 10
# topology_expire: 15
# queue_size: 1000
# max_procs:
metricbeat_config_processors: |
processors:
metricbeat_config_output: |
output.elasticsearch:
hosts: [ 'localhost:9200' ]
metricbeat_config_logging: |
logging:
to_files: true
files:
path: /var/log/metricbeat
name: metricbeat.log
rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 10MB
keepfiles: 7
metricbeat_config: |
{{metricbeat_config_modules}}

{{metricbeat_config_general}}

{{metricbeat_config_processors}}

{{metricbeat_config_output}}

{{metricbeat_config_logging}}
```

MetricBeat templates (a list of templates to install).
These templates will be copied to the /etc/metricbeat directory
and can be used in the elasticsearch output for example.

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/elasticsearch-output.html#_template

metricbeat_templates: []

Install MetricBeat default Kibana dashboards
will install the default dashboards shipped with the package.

```yaml
metricbeat_install_default_kibana_dashboards: False
metricbeat_es_user: "metricbeat"
metricbeat_es_password: "secret"
metricbeat_kibana_index: ".kibana"
metricbeat_es_url: "{{ elasticsearch_proto | default('http') }}://{{ elasticsearch_host | default('localhost:9200') }}"
```

## Usage
```yaml
- hosts: logging
roles:
- { role: sirkjohannsen.metricbeat }
```

## License

GPLv3

## Author Information

This role was created in 2016 by Sirk Johannsen.
It is based on the FileBeat role by Emiliano Castagnari:
https://github.com/torian/ansible-role-filebeat