andreyrusanov / cloudwatch-py-ansible

Ansible Cloudwatch Monitoring Python

Configures your instances with cloudwatch monitoring scripts from cloudwatch-mon-scripts-python

Requirements

Python2 and pip should be installed; Any issues relate to system setup like configuring locale is not covered by this role.

Role Variables

cwm_crontab: 'cloudwatch'  # crontab name
cwm_use_venv: True  # install in virtualenv
cwm_create_venv: "{{ cwm_use_venv }}"  #  is it needed to create virtualenv
cwm_iam_policy: True 

# should be set only if cwm_iam_policy is true
cwm_aws:
  access_key: null
  secret_key: null

cwm_user: root  # default user
cwm_venv_path: "/home/{{ cwm_user }}/venv"
cwm_cronfile: 'cloudwatch'  # cronfile name(if separate file for cron needs to be created)

cwm_flags:
  - mem-util

Dependencies

Example Playbook

Including an example of how to use your role (for instance, with variables passed in as parameters) is always nice for users too:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: andreyrusanov.cloudwatch-py-ansible }

License

MIT