promtail

Install, configure and maintain promtail

Role Philosophy

Please see ansible-consul.

Role Variables

See defaults/ for details and examples.

promtail_version

• version to use

promtail_dirs

• a map of directories to create
• default:

promtail_dir: "/opt/promtail"
promtail_dirs:
  main:
    path: "{{ promtail_dir }}"
  logs:
    path: "/var/log/promtail"

promtail_config

• main configuration file
• example: please see defaults/example.yml

promtail_user

• owner of promtail process and files
• default: promtail

promtail_group

• group of promtail_user
• default: promtail

promtail_download_url

• url to get promtail archive from
• default: https://releases.hashicorp.com

promtail_service

• openrc service file
• default: see defaults/main.yml

promtail_unitfile

• systemd unit file
• default: see defaults/main.yml

skip_handlers

• skip restart/reload - useful when building images with Packer
• default: false

Tags

• config - update promtail unit/service file and sync configuration files

Author

• Anatoly Laskaris - nahsi