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community.general.sensu_client module – Manages Sensu client configuration

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 5.8.3).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

Synopsis

• Manages Sensu client configuration.

• For more information, refer to the Sensu documentation: https://sensuapp.org/docs/latest/reference/clients.html

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
address string	An address to help identify and reach the client. This is only informational, usually an IP address or hostname. If not specified it defaults to non-loopback IPv4 address as determined by Ruby Socket.ip_address_list (provided by Sensu).
chef dictionary	The chef definition scope, used to configure the Sensu Enterprise Chef integration (Sensu Enterprise users only).
deregister boolean	If a deregistration event should be created upon Sensu client process stop. Default is false. Choices: false true
deregistration dictionary	The deregistration definition scope, used to configure automated Sensu client de-registration.
ec2 dictionary	The ec2 definition scope, used to configure the Sensu Enterprise AWS EC2 integration (Sensu Enterprise users only).
keepalive dictionary	The keepalive definition scope, used to configure Sensu client keepalives behavior (e.g. keepalive thresholds, etc).
keepalives boolean	If Sensu should monitor keepalives for this client. Choices: false true ← (default)
name string	A unique name for the client. The name cannot contain special characters or spaces. If not specified, it defaults to the system hostname as determined by Ruby Socket.gethostname (provided by Sensu).
puppet dictionary	The puppet definition scope, used to configure the Sensu Enterprise Puppet integration (Sensu Enterprise users only).
redact list / elements=string	Client definition attributes to redact (values) when logging and sending client keepalives.
registration dictionary	The registration definition scope, used to configure Sensu registration event handlers.
safe_mode boolean	If safe mode is enabled for the client. Safe mode requires local check definitions in order to accept a check request and execute the check. Choices: false ← (default) true
servicenow dictionary	The servicenow definition scope, used to configure the Sensu Enterprise ServiceNow integration (Sensu Enterprise users only).
socket dictionary	The socket definition scope, used to configure the Sensu client socket.
state string	Whether the client should be present or not Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"
subscriptions list / elements=string	An array of client subscriptions, a list of roles and/or responsibilities assigned to the system (e.g. webserver). These subscriptions determine which monitoring checks are executed by the client, as check requests are sent to subscriptions. The subscriptions array items must be strings.

Notes

Note

• Check mode is supported

Examples

# Minimum possible configuration
- name: Configure Sensu client
  community.general.sensu_client:
    subscriptions:
      - default

# With customization
- name: Configure Sensu client
  community.general.sensu_client:
    name: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
    address: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['address'] }}"
    subscriptions:
      - default
      - webserver
    redact:
      - password
    socket:
      bind: 127.0.0.1
      port: 3030
    keepalive:
      thresholds:
        warning: 180
        critical: 300
      handlers:
        - email
      custom:
        - broadcast: irc
      occurrences: 3
  register: client
  notify:
    - Restart sensu-client

- name: Secure Sensu client configuration file
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ client['file'] }}"
    owner: "sensu"
    group: "sensu"
    mode: "0600"

- name: Delete the Sensu client configuration
  community.general.sensu_client:
    state: "absent"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
config dictionary	Effective client configuration, when state is present Returned: success Sample: {"name": "client", "subscriptions": ["default"]}
file string	Path to the client configuration file Returned: success Sample: "/etc/sensu/conf.d/client.json"

Authors

• David Moreau Simard (@dmsimard)

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