Logwatch Role for Ansible

This role installs Logwatch which is an application that helps with simple log management by daily analyzing and reporting a short digest from activities taking place on your server.

Requirements

This role requires Ansible version 2.0 or higher and the Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS/RedHat platforms.

Role Variables

The variables that can be passed to this role and a brief description about them are as follows:

# Default output method for Logwatch reports
logwatch_output: "mail"

# Default output format for Logwatch reports
logwatch_format: "text"

# Default output encoding for Logwatch reports
logwatch_encode: "none"

# Default report email recipient
logwatch_admin_email: "root"

# Default report email sender
logwatch_sender_email: "Logwatch"

# The default time range for the report
logwatch_range: "yesterday"

# The default detail level for the report
logwatch_detail: "Med"

# The default system MTA
logwatch_mailer: "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t"

# The default directory where logs are found
logwatch_log_dir: '/var/log'

# The default directory where Logwatch keeps temp data
logwatch_tmp_dir: '/var/cache/logwatch'

Examples

1. Install Logwatch with the defaults

   ---
   # This playbook installs Logwatch
   
   - name: Install logwatch to all nodes
     hosts: all
     roles:
       - logwatch

2. Install Logwatch with custom settings

   ---
   # This playbook installs Logwatch
   
   - name: Install logwatch to all nodes
     hosts: all
     roles:
       - { role: logwatch,
           logwatch_detail: "Low",
           logwatch_format: "Html"
         }

Dependencies

None.