Ansible role to install and configure AWS Cloudwatch Agent on both Windows and Linux

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

Windows EventLog Monitoring

aws_cw_windows_events: 
	- name: 'System'
	  levels: ['ERROR', 'CRITICAL']
	  format: 'text'
	  log_group: 'Windows/System'            
	- name: 'Application'
	  levels: ['ERROR']
	  format: 'text'
	  log_group: 'Windows/Application' 

Log files Monitoring

aws_cw_logfiles
 - path: /var/log/auth.log
   timestamp_format: "%b %d %H:%M:%S"
   log_group: "auth"

Allows to use custom cloudwatch template e.g. the following can be put same level as the playbook

aws_cw_config_template_path: 'templates/CloudwatchConfig.json'

Enable Debug Log

aws_cw_log_debug: true

Configuration for On-Prem - Requires to create default AWS profile with access and secret key

aws_cw_agent_type: onPremise
aws_profie: AmazonCloudWatchAgent
aws_profile_path: '/tmp/credentials'

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - { role: riponbanik.aws-cloudwatch-agent }

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

This role was created in 2019 by Ripon Banik