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This role installs and configures rsyslog.
Requirements
------------
None at this time.
Default Role Variables
--------------
By default this role will provide a minimal configuration
**rsyslog_main_config**: Main config file path (default: "/etc/rsyslog.conf")
**rsyslog_include_path**: Path of additional config stanzas (default: "/etc/rsyslog.d")
**rsyslog_file_mode**: Default mode for configuration files (default: "0640")
**rsyslog_file_create_mode**: Default mode for new files created by rsyslog (default "0640")
**rsyslog_umask**: Specify the rsyslogd processes' umask (default "0022")
**rsyslog_abort_on_unclean_config**: Check config syntax on startup and abort if unclean (default: off)
**rsyslog_repeated_msg_reduction**: Reduce repeating messages (default: off)
**rsyslog_action_file_default_template**: Use the default, traditional logformat, as default for loggin (default: RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat)
**rsyslog_action_file_template**: Define only when a custom logformat is neeed (default: undefined)
**rsyslog_priv_drop_to_user**: Name of the user rsyslog should run under after startup (default: undefined)
**rsyslog_priv_drop_to_group**: Name of the group rsyslog should run under after startup (default: undefined)
**rsyslog_default_config**: Setup a default basic configuration stanza (default: "True")
Dependencies
------------
None at this time.
Example Playbook
----------------
- name: Apply rsyslog role
remote_user: root
hosts: all
sudo: no
- role: rsyslog
items:
- name: "20-iptables"
lines:
- ':msg, contains, "iptables" /var/log/iptables.log'
- '& ~'
- name: "30-dovecot"
lines:
- 'if $programname == 'dovecot' and $syslogseverity <= '6' then ~'
- '& ~'
Supported Platforms
-------------------
@@ -75,6 +17,55 @@ It will likely run on other platforms, just drop in vars/ a new file to support
* {{ ansible_os_family }}_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml
* {{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
Requirements
------------
None at this time.
Default Role Variables
--------------
By default this role will install rsyslog and provide a minimal configuration, however variables can be passed to this role
and configuration can be overridden, for additional informations please have a look to **defaults/main.yml**
**rsyslog_default_config**: Setup a default basic configuration stanza (default: "True")
Dependencies
------------
None at this time.
Example Playbook
----------------
1) Just install rsyslog with default configuration (it will be placed in /etc/rsyslog.d/)
```yaml
- hosts: all
remote_user: root
sudo: no
- roles:
- {{ role: rsyslog }}
```
2) Install rsyslog, without default configuration and setup two different custom stanzas
```yaml
- hosts: all
remote_user: root
sudo: no
- vars:
rsyslog_default_config: False
- role: rsyslog
items:
- name: "20-iptables"
lines:
- ':msg, contains, "iptables" /var/log/iptables.log'
- '& ~'
- name: "30-dovecot"
lines:
- 'if $programname == 'dovecot' and $syslogseverity <= '6' then ~'
- '& ~'
```
License
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