node_exporter

Install, configure and maintain node_exporter

Role Philosophy

Please see ansible-consul.

Role Variables

See defaults/ for details and examples.

node_exporter_version

• version to use

node_exporter_dirs

• a map of directories to create
• default:

node_exporter_dir: "/opt/node-exporter"
node_exporter_dirs:
  main:
    path: "{{ node_exporter_dir }}"
  certs:
    path: "{{ node_exporter_dir }}/certs"
  textfile:
    path: "{{ node_exporter_dir }}/textfile"
  logs:
    path: "/var/log/node-exporter"

node_exporter_enabled_collectors

• collectors
• example: please see defaults/example.yml
• default:

node_exporter_enabled_collectors:
  - textfile:
      directory: "{{ node_exporter_dirs.textfile.path }}"

node_exporter_disabled_collectors

• collectors
• example: please see defaults/example.yml

node_exporter_web_listen_address

• default: :9100

node_exporter_web_telemetry_path

• default: /metrics

node_exporter_user

• owner of node_exporter process and files
• default: node-exporter

node_exporter_group

• group of node_exporter_user
• default: node-exporter

node_exporter_service

• openrc service file
• default: see defaults/main.yml

node_exporter_unitfile

• systemd unit file
• default: see defaults/main.yml

skip_handlers

• skip restart/reload - useful when building images with Packer
• default: false

Tags

• config - update node-exporter unit/service and config file

Author

• Anatoly Laskaris - nahsi