README.rst

signalfx_splunk_agent_configuration

This role will help you configure any server node to monitor the services like HTTP and SYSTEMD. This will create the necessary configuration files and add the server for monitoring on the dashboard.

Prerequisites

Requires an access_token which needs to be generated in your profile.

HTTP - Monitoring

Create a variable file as follows. Example: http_vars.yml:

---
  access_token: "<Your access token>"
  basic_attributes:
    appcode: "<Your preferred appcode>"
  http_enabled: true
  http_monitors:
    - host: example1.domain.com
      http_timeout: 1s
    - host: example2.domain.com
      port: 80
      use_https: false
    - host: example3.domain.com
      port: 8443
      path: /my/path/index.html
      skip_verify: true

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SYSTEMD - Monitoring

Create a variable file as follows. Example: systemd_vars.yml:

---
  access_token: "<Your access token>"
  basic_attributes:
    appcode: "<Your preferred appcode>"
  systemd_enabled: true
  systemd_services:
    - ssh
    - nginx
    - firewall
  systemd_sendactivestate: true
  systemd_extrametrics:
      - gauge.active_state.active

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How to run

You can pass the variables file name as a extra variable var_file_name.

If nothing is provided then it will make use of the vars/main.yml parameters and configure the node to default settings.

NOTE: If you wish to configure the node with default setting, please remember to change the values below.

• access_token
• appcode

The way of passing the variable to the ansible playbook can be achieved by running the following command:

Example: If your variables file name is http_vars.yml
ansible-playbook -i hosts -e "var_file_name=http_vars.yml" signalfx.yml

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