sensu-ansible

Sensu

This role deploys a full Sensu stack, a modern, open source monitoring framework.

Features

• Deploy a full Sensu stack, including RabbitMQ, Redis, and the Uchiwa dashboard
• Tight integration with the Ansible inventory - deployment of monitoring checks based on role defined in your inventory
• Automatic generation and dynamic deployment of SSL certs for secure communication between your clients and servers
• Highly configurable

Documentation

Head over to Read the Docs for a comprehensive overview of this role and its powerful features.

Supported Platforms

This role has been written with SmartOS in mind, to be deployed to zones

In this initial release SmartOS will be the only supported platform. However, I am dedicating a lot of time to this role and will be adding support for all major BSD & Linux platforms.

Current Release

• SmartOS - base-64 15.1.0

Future Releases

• OpenBSD
• FreeBSD
• NetBSD
• EL
• Ubuntu / Debian

Role Variables

All variables have sensible defaults, which can be found in defaults/main.yml. The current version includes the following variables:

RabbitMQ Server Properties - Sensu RabbitMQ documentation

Name	Default Value	Description
rabbitmq_config_path	/opt/local/etc/rabbitmq	Path to the RabbitMQ configuration directory
rabbitmq_host	"{{ groups['rabbitmq_servers'][0] }}"	The hostname/IP address of the RabbitMQ node
rabbitmq_port	5671	The transmission port for RabbitMQ communications
rabbitmq_server	false	Determines whether to include the deployment of RabbitMQ
rabbitmq_sensu_user_name	sensu	Username for authentication with the RabbitMQ vhost
rabbitmq_sensu_password	sensu	Password for authentication with the RabbitMQ vhost
rabbitmq_sensu_vhost	/sensu	Name of the RabbitMQ Sensu vhost

Redis Server Properties - Sensu Redis documentation

Name	Default Value	Description
redis_host	"{{ groups['redis_servers'][0] }}"	Hostname/IP address of the Redis node
redis_server	false	Determines whether to include the deployment of Redis
redis_port	6379	The transmission port for Redis communications

Sensu Properties - Sensu services documentation

Name	Default Value	Description
sensu_api_host	"{{ groups['sensu_masters'][0] }}"	Hostname/IP address of the node running the Sensu API
sensu_api_port	4567	Transmission port for Sensu API communications
sensu_api_ssl	"false"	Determines whether to use SSL for Sensu API communications
sensu_api_user_name	admin	Username for authentication with the Sensu API
sensu_api_password	secret	Password for authentication with the Sensu API
sensu_api_uchiwa_path	''	Path to append to the Sensu API URI for Uchiwa communications
sensu_api_timeout	5000	Value to set for the Sensu API timeout
sensu_client_config	client.json.j2	Jinja2 template to use for node configuration of the Sensu Client service
sensu_config_path	/opt/local/etc/sensu	Path to the Sensu configuration directory
sensu_gem_state	present	State of the Sensu gem - can be set to latest to keep Sensu updated
sensu_plugin_gem_state	present	State of the Sensu Plugins gem - can be set to latest to keep Sensu Plugins updated
sensu_group_name	sensu	The name of the Sensu service user's primary group
sensu_include_plugins	true	Determines whether to include the sensu-plugins gem
sensu_include_dashboard	false	Determines whether to deploy the Uchiwa dashboard
sensu_master	false	Determines if a node is to act as the Sensu "master" node
sensu_user_name	sensu	The name of the Sensu service user

Uchiwa Properties - Uchiwa documentation

Name	Default Value	Description
uchiwa_dc_name	undefined	Datacenter name for Uchiwa instance
uchiwa_path	/opt/uchiwa	Path to the Uchiwa configuration directory
uchiwa_redis_use_ssl	false	Determines whether to use SSL for Redis communication
uchiwa_user_name	admin	The user-name to log into Uchiwa
uchiwa_password	admin	The password to log into Uchiwa
uchiwa_port	3000	The TCP port to bind the Uchiwa web service to
uchiwa_refresh	5	The interval to pull the Sensu APIs in seconds

Note: A few of these defaults will be moving tovarsin the near future due to the addition of other OS support

Example Playbook

  - hosts: all
    roles:
      - role: cmacrae.sensu

Or, passing parameter values:

  - hosts: sensu_masters
    roles:
	  - { role: cmacrae.sensu, sensu_master: true, sensu_include_dashboard: true  }

License

MIT

Author Information

Created by Calum MacRae

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