--- - name: Install the rsyslog ppa on ubuntu precise or later apt_repository: repo='{{ rsyslog_ppa }}' when: - is_ubuntu - rsyslog_install_newer_package register: rsyslog_ubuntu_repo tags: - rsyslog - logstash - name: Install the rsyslog repo key on debian wheezy apt_key: keyserver=keys.gnupg.net id=AEF0CF8E state=present when: - is_debian7 - rsyslog_install_newer_package tags: - rsyslog - logstash - name: Install the rsyslog repository on debian wheezy copy: content="{{ rsyslog_debian_repo }}\n" dest=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/adiscon-rsyslog.list register: rsyslog_debian_repo when: - is_debian7 - rsyslog_install_newer_package tags: - rsyslog - logstash - name: Update apt cache apt: update_cache=yes when: (rsyslog_ubuntu_repo|changed) or (rsyslog_debian_repo|changed) tags: - rsyslog - logstash - name: Add the syslog user to the adm group so it can read all the log files user: name=syslog groups=adm tags: - rsyslog - logstash - name: Upgrade rsyslog and install the elasticsearch module apt: pkg={{ item }} state={{ rsyslog_pkg_status }} with_items: - rsyslog - rsyslog-elasticsearch tags: - rsyslog - logstash - name: Add a rsyslog configuration to send logfiles data to a logstash collector or directly to elasticsearch template: src=rsyslog-logstash.conf.j2 dest=/etc/rsyslog.d/90-rsyslog-logstash.conf owner=root group=root mode=0444 when: rsyslog_install_newer_package notify: Restart rsyslog tags: - logstash - rsyslog - name: Add a rsyslog configuration to send logfiles data to a logstash collector when using the original and old rsyslog package template: src=old-rsyslog-logstash.conf.j2 dest=/etc/rsyslog.d/90-rsyslog-logstash.conf owner=root group=root mode=0444 when: not rsyslog_install_newer_package notify: Restart rsyslog tags: - logstash - rsyslog