community.general.logentries – Module for tracking logs via logentries.com

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 1.3.6).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.logentries.

Synopsis

  • Sends logs to LogEntries in realtime

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
logtype
string
type of the log

aliases: type
name
string
name of the log
path
string / required
path to a log file
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • followed
  • unfollowed
following state of the log

Notes

Note

  • Requires the LogEntries agent which can be installed following the instructions at logentries.com

Examples

- name: Track nginx logs
  community.general.logentries:
    path: /var/log/nginx/access.log
    state: present
    name: nginx-access-log

- name: Stop tracking nginx logs
  community.general.logentries:
    path: /var/log/nginx/error.log
    state: absent

Authors

  • Ivan Vanderbyl (@ivanvanderbyl)