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

RHEL 6
Archlinux
Ubuntu Trusty
Debian Wheezy

It will likely run on other platforms, just drop in vars/ a new file to support your os variant, vars are parsed in the following order/format:

{{ ansible_distribution }}_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml
{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
{{ ansible_os_family }}_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml
{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"

License

GPLv2

Author Information

Alessio Cassibba (x-drum) http://blog.zerodev.it.