Scout Puppet Module

Installs the agent for Pingdom Server Monitor, a hosted server monitoring service. This Puppet Module:

• Installs scoutd, the Scout monitoring daemon
• Runs scoutd

Basic Config

class {
        'scoutd':
            account_key => '0mZ6BD9DR0qyZjaBLCPZZWkW3n2Wn7DV9xp5gQPs',
}

Required Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default Value
account_key	The agent requires a Scout account and the account's associated key. The key can be found in the account settings tab within the Scout UI or in the server setup instructions. The key looks like: 0mZ6BD9DR0qyZjaBLCPZZWkW3n2Wn7DV9xp5gQPs	nil

Optional Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default Value
package_name	Optional package name to install.	'scoutd'
ensure		latest
hostname	Optional hostname override for this node.	$::facts['networking']['hostname']
display_name	Optional name to display for this node within the Scout UI (defaults to the hostname).	undef
log_file	Optional location of the log file.	/var/log/scout/scoutd.log
ruby_path	Optional location of the ruby executable.	undef
environment	Specify the environment, like 'production' or 'staging' this server lives in. See https://server-monitor.readme.io/docs/environments for more details.	undef
roles	An Array of roles for this node. Roles are defined through Pingdom server monitor's UI.	[]]
http_proxy	Set an HTTP proxy if one is required to communicate with the Pingdom server monitor service from your environment.	undef
https_proxy	Set an HTTPS proxy if one is required to communicate with the Pingdom server monitor service from your environment.	undef
statsd_address	The interface and port to bind the statsd agent to	127.0.0.1:8125
statsd_enabled	Enable the statsd protocol	false
gems	An Array of plugin gem dependencies to install. For example, you may want to install the redis gem if this node uses the redis plugin.	[]
gems_ensure	Whether to install gems or not.	latest
gem_provider		gem
plugin_pubkey	Content of the private Plugin's public key. When not nil, key file is created in ~/scout_rsa.pub in home directory of user running scout.	undef
manage_repo	Should the module install scout repo?	true

Questions?

Contact Pingdom server monitor (support@server.pingdom.com) with any questions, suggestions, bugs, etc.

License

Apache 2.0