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Description

ansible-logstash is an Ansible role. The role contains tasks to install Logstash.

Provides

1. Logstash

Requires

1. Ansible 1.4 or higher
2. Debian 7.3 (other deb-based distros should work too)
3. Vagrant (optional)

Usage

Get the code

$ git clone [email protected]:ICTO/ansible-logstash.git

Create the playbook file

---
- name: Logstash
  hosts: logstash
  roles:
    - ansible-logstash

Run the playbook

Use ansible.host as inventory. Run the playbook only for the remote host logstash. Use vagrant as the SSH user to connect to the remote host. -k enables the SSH password prompt.

$ ansible-playbook -k -i ansible.host logstash.yml -u vagrant

Example output

SSH password: 

PLAY [Logstash] ************************************************************* 

TASK: [ansible-logstash | Install Logstash dependencies] ********************** 
ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item=openjdk-6-jre)
ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item=openjdk-6-jdk)

TASK: [ansible-logstash | Create Logstash directories] ************************ 
ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item=/opt/logstash)
ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item=/opt/logstash/bin)
ok: [127.0.0.1] => (item=/opt/logstash/etc)

TASK: [ansible-logstash | Install Logstash indexer init script] *************** 
changed: [127.0.0.1]

TASK: [ansible-logstash | Install Logstash shipper init script] *************** 
changed: [127.0.0.1]

TASK: [ansible-logstash | Install Logstash indexer config] ******************** 

ok: [127.0.0.1]

TASK: [ansible-logstash | Install Logstash shipper config] ******************** 
ok: [127.0.0.1]