community.general.sensu_client module – Manages Sensu client configuration

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.7).

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

Aliases: monitoring.sensu.sensu_client

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.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: none

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

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)