Ansible Datadog Role

Install and configure Datadog base agent & checks. Starting with version 2 of this role version 6 of the agent is installed by default (instead of version 5).

Supports most Debian and RHEL-based Linux distributions.

Installation

ansible-galaxy install Datadog.datadog

Role Variables

datadog_api_key - Your Datadog API key.
datadog_site - The site of the Datadog intake to send Agent data to. Defaults to 'datadoghq.com', set to 'datadoghq.eu' to send data to the EU site. This option is only available with agent version >= 6.6.0.
datadog_agent_version - The pinned version of the Agent to install (optional, but highly recommended) Examples: 1:6.0.0-1 on apt-based platforms, 6.0.0-1 on yum-based platforms
datadog_checks - YAML configuration for agent checks to drop into:
- /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/<check_name>.d/conf.yaml for agent6
- /etc/dd-agent/conf.d for agent5.
datadog_config - Settings to place in the main agent configuration file:
- /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml for agent6
- /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf for agent5 (under the [Main] section).
datadog_config_ex - Extra INI sections to go in /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf (optional). Agent5 only.
datadog_apt_repo - Override default Datadog apt repository
datadog_apt_cache_valid_time - Override the default apt cache expiration time (default 1 hour)
datadog_apt_key_url_new - Override default url to Datadog apt key (key ID 382E94DE ; the deprecated datadog_apt_key_url variable refers to an expired key that's been removed from the role)
datadog_agent_allow_downgrade - Set to yes to allow agent downgrades on apt-based platforms (use with caution, see defaults/main.yml for details). On centos this will only work with ansible 2.4 and up.

Agent 5 (older version)

This role includes support for Datadog Agent version 5.

To install agent5, you need to:

set datadog_agent5 to true
either set datadog_agent_version to an existing agent5 version (recommended) or leave it empty to always install the latest version (5.*).

To downgrade from agent6 to agent5, you need to (on centos this will only work with ansible 2.4 and up):

set datadog_agent5 to true
pin datadog_agent_version to an existing agent5 version
set datadog_agent_allow_downgrade to yes

Variables:

datadog_agent5 - install agent5 instead of agent6 (default to false)
datadog_agent5_apt_repo - Override default Datadog apt repository for agent5

Dependencies

None

Configuring a check

To configure a check you need to add an entry to the datadog_checks section. The first level key is the name of the check and the value is the yaml payload to write the configuration file.

Example:

Process check

We define 2 instances for the process check. This will create:

for agent6: /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/process.d/conf.yaml
for agent5: /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/process.yaml

    datadog_checks:
      process:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - name: ssh
            search_string: ['ssh', 'sshd' ]
          - name: syslog
            search_string: ['rsyslog' ]
            cpu_check_interval: 0.2
            exact_match: true
            ignore_denied_access: true

custom check

We define 1 instance for a custom check.

This will create:

for agent6: /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/my_custom_check.d/conf.yaml
for agent5: /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/my_custom_check.yaml

    datadog_checks:
      my_custom_check:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - some_data: true

autodiscovery check

There is no pre-processing nor post-processing on the YAML. This means every YAML sections will be added to the final configuration file, including autodiscovery identifiers.

This example will configure the PostgeSQL check through autodiscovery:

    datadog_checks:
      postgres:
        ad_identifiers:
          - db-master
          - db-slave
        init_config:
        instances:
          - host: %%host%%
            port: %%port%%
            username: username
            password: password

Example Playbooks

Sending data to Datadog US (default) and configuring a few checks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: Datadog.datadog, become: yes }
  vars:
    datadog_api_key: "123456"
    datadog_agent_version: "1:6.0.0-1" # for apt-based platforms, use a `6.0.0-1` format on yum-based platforms
    datadog_config:
      tags: "mytag0, mytag1"
      log_level: INFO
      apm_enabled: "true" # has to be set as a string
      logs_enabled: true  # log collection is available on agent 6
    datadog_config_ex:
      trace.config:
        env: dev
      trace.concentrator:
        extra_aggregators: version
    datadog_checks:
      process:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - name: ssh
            search_string: ['ssh', 'sshd' ]
          - name: syslog
            search_string: ['rsyslog' ]
            cpu_check_interval: 0.2
            exact_match: true
            ignore_denied_access: true
      ssh_check:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - host: localhost
            port: 22
            username: root
            password: changeme
            sftp_check: True
            private_key_file:
            add_missing_keys: True
      nginx:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - nginx_status_url: http://example.com/nginx_status/
            tags:
              - instance:foo
          - nginx_status_url: http://example2.com:1234/nginx_status/
            tags:
              - instance:bar
        #Log collection is available on agent 6
        logs:
          - type: file
            path: /var/log/access.log
            service: myapp
            source: nginx
            sourcecategory: http_web_access
          - type: file
            path: /var/log/error.log
            service: nginx
            source: nginx
            sourcecategory: http_web_access

Example for sending data to EU site:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: Datadog.datadog, become: yes }
  vars:
    datadog_site: "datadoghq.eu"
    datadog_api_key: "123456"

Process Agent

To control the behavior of the Process Agent, use the enabled variable under the datadog_config field. It has to be set as a string and the possible values are: "true", "false" (for only container collection) or "disabled" (to disable the Process Agent entirely)

Variables

scrub_args - enables the scrubbing of sensitive arguments from a process command line. Default value is true
custom_sensitive_words - expands the default list of sensitive words used by the cmdline scrubber

Example of configuration

datadog_config:
  process_config:
    enabled: "true" # has to be set as a string
    scrub_args: true
    custom_sensitive_words: ['consul_token','dd_api_key']

Agent 5

To enable/disable the Process Agent on Agent 5, you need to set on datadog_config:

process_agent_enabled to true/false

Set the available variables inside process.config under the datadog_config_ex field to control the Process Agent's features.

Example of configuration

datadog_config:
  process_agent_enabled: true
datadog_config_ex:  
  process.config:
    scrub_args: true
    custom_sensitive_words: "consul_token,dd_api_key"

Known Issues and Workarounds

On Debian Stretch, the apt_key module that the role uses requires an additional system dependency to work correctly. Unfortunately that dependency (dirmngr) is not provided by the module. To work around this, you can add the following to the playbooks that make use of the present role:

---
- hosts: all
  pre_tasks:
    - name: Debian Stretch requires dirmngr package to be installed in order to use apt_key
      become: yes  # On Ansible < 1.9, use `sudo: yes` instead of `become: yes`
      apt:
        name: dirmngr
        state: present

  roles:
    - { role: Datadog.datadog, become: yes, datadog_api_key: "mykey" }  # On Ansible < 1.9, use `sudo: yes` instead of `become: yes`

License

Apache2

Author Information

brian@akins.org

dustinjamesbrown@gmail.com --Forked from brian@akins.org

Datadog info@datadoghq.com --Forked from dustinjamesbrown@gmail.com

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Ansible Datadog Role

Installation

Role Variables

Agent 5 (older version)

Dependencies

Configuring a check

Example Playbooks

Process Agent

Variables

Example of configuration

Agent 5

Example of configuration

Known Issues and Workarounds

License

Author Information