evanstachowiak / ansible-role-aws-cloudwatch-logs-agent

Ansible role that installs the AWS CloudWatch Log Agent

Role Name

Installs AWS CloudWatch Log Agent

Requirements

Requires ec2_facts.

Role Variables

List of logs with the following keys

Name	Description	Required	Default
file	Full path to log file	Yes
format	Datetime format	No	None
group_name	CloudWatch Log Group	Yes
stream_name	CloudWatch Log Stream Name	No	The instance id

Dependencies

This role has no dependencies.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  vars:
    logs:
      - file: /var/log/auth.log
        format: "%b %d %H:%M:%S"
        group_name: "auth"
        stream_name: "auth-stream"
      - file: /home/ubuntu/.bash_history
        group_name: "bash_history"
  roles:
     - { role: dharrisio.aws-cloudwatch-logs }

License

GPLv3

Author Information

Created by David Harris