ElastiFlow NetObserv Ansible Collection

• ElastiFlow NetObserv Ansible Collection
  • Features
  • Requirements
  • Usage
  • Configuration
  • Documentation
  • Contribution
  • License
  • Author

This repository provides an Ansible collection for installing and configuring ElastiFlow NetObserv Collectors. It enables automated deployment, configuration, and kernel tuning for NetObserv Collectors on supported Linux platforms.

Features

• Automated installation of NetObserv Collectors
• Configuration management for collection, enrichment, and output
• Kernel tuning for optimal performance
• Dashboard provisioning for ElasticSearch and OpenSearch
• Example playbooks for quick start

Requirements

• Ansible 2.16+
• Tested platforms: Ubuntu 24.04, EL 9.5 (Rocky, Alma, RHEL)
• Minimum target host specs: 16GB RAM, 4 vCPUs
• SSH access to target hosts

Usage

Sample playbooks are provided in the examples directory:

• examples/netobserv_flow_es_simple: Deploy NetObserv Flow with "simple" ElasticSearch
• examples/netobserv_flow_os_simple: Deploy NetObserv Flow with "simple" OpenSearch

Please see the README.md in the relevant example.

Configuration

• NetObserv Flow configuration options are documented in roles/netobserv_flow/README.md.

Documentation

• ElastiFlow Documentation
• NetObserv Configuration Reference

Contribution

Please follow the conventional commits when making contribution, TLDR:

• fix: ... - creates patch version release
• feat: ... - creates minor version release
• feat!: ... - creates major version release
• chore: .../doc: ... - Does not create a release

License

Apache-2.0

Author