README.md

Ansible role netdata

An Ansible role for setup a netdata.

This role use this bash script: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/raw/master/packaging/installer/kickstart.sh

Requirements

• CentOS >= 7
• ansible >= 2.7

Role Variables

For more info on the values, read defaults/main.yml

Variable	Default	Comments (type)
netdata_installation_type	tarball	One of docker, tarball or package
netdata_release	1.47.5	Type: string
netdata_tarball_checksum	sha256:xxx	Type: string
		Is required for tarball installation type
config_dir	For tarball: /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
	For package: /etc/netdata
	For docker: "{{ netdata_docker_dir }}/volumes/netdata/etc/netdata"
netdata_docker_dir	/opt/netdata-docker	Directory for docker-compose files
netdata_ksm_enabled	true	Type: bool
netdata_required_packages_extra	[]	Type: list
netdata_required_packages	epel-release	Type: list
netdata_packages_extra	[]	Type: list
netdata_packages	iproute	Type: list
	nmap-ncat
	lm_sensors
	python
	python-dns
	python-ipaddress
netdata_telemetry	false	Type: bool

All netdata_docker_* variables only for docker installation type.

Examples

Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - netdata

KSM

This role can enable KSM [1], [2] via tmpfiles.

If netdata_ksm_enabled with true you can enable KSM manually:

systemd-tmpfiles --create

Contributing

Issues, feature requests, ideas are can be appreciated.

License

• WTFPL

Contributors

• Denis Kadyshev

Documentation

• Netdata Documentation
• kernel.org ksm.txt
• Netdata & KSM