ansible-role-aws-cloudwatch-agent: A Shell repository from nuclon

Ansible role to install and configure AWS Cloudwatch Agent on both Windows and Linux

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

Windows EventLog Monitoring

aws_cw_windows_events: 
	- name: 'System'
	  levels: ['ERROR', 'CRITICAL']
	  format: 'text'
	  log_group: 'Windows/System'            
	- name: 'Application'
	  levels: ['ERROR']
	  format: 'text'
	  log_group: 'Windows/Application'

Log files Monitoring

aws_cw_logfiles
 - path: /var/log/auth.log
   timestamp_format: "%b %d %H:%M:%S"
   log_group: "auth"

Allows to use custom cloudwatch template e.g. the following can be put same level as the playbook

aws_cw_config_template_path: 'templates/CloudwatchConfig.json'

Enable Debug Log

aws_cw_log_debug: true

Configuration for On-Prem - Requires to create default AWS profile with access and secret key

aws_cw_agent_type: onPremise
aws_profie: AmazonCloudWatchAgent
aws_profile_path: '/tmp/credentials'

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - { role: riponbanik.aws-cloudwatch-agent }

License

MIT / BSD

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