Ansible role ableton.prometheus_node_exporter

This role installs Prometheus node_exporter as a service on the given host. If the target system has a package manager with the node_exporter package, then this role installs the software that way. Otherwise, the software will be built from sources.

On Windows, this role installs windows_exporter.

Requirements

Ansible >= 2.10 is required. This role supports package-based installation on the following OS types:

• Debian Linux (via the apt module)
• macOS (via the homebrew module)
• Windows (via the win_chocolatey module)

For all other platforms, a source-based installation will be performed. On such systems where package-based installation is not available, the following software is required:

• Go (golang)
• GNU Make

This role does not install either of the above software on the host; you must take care to do that before applying this role.

Role Variables

The following role variables are used for node_exporter's service configuration:

• node_exporter_args: A list of arguments to pass to the node_exporter service, one argument per list item.
• node_exporter_create_user: When true, create the node_exporter_user user and the corresponding node_exporter_group (only used on Unix platforms, defaults to true).
• node_exporter_group: Group for the node_exporter_user user (only used on Unix platforms).
• node_exporter_port: Port to expose metrics on.
• node_exporter_user: User to run node_exporter as (only used on Unix platforms).

The following variables are used when building node_exporter from sources.

• node_exporter_install_from_binary: When true, node_exporter will be installed from a binary download and not via a package manager. This option is not supported on all system types (see the "Requirements" section above).
• node_exporter_binary_arch: Binary architecture to fetch when downloading the node_exporter binary.
• node_exporter_version: Version of node_exporter to install from source.

The following variables are used on Windows:

• windows_exporter_version: Version of windows_exporter to install using Chocolatey.

See the defaults/main.yml file for full documentation on required and optional role variables.

Example Playbook

---
- name: Install node_exporter on hosts
  hosts: "all"
  vars:
    node_exporter_port: 9100
    node_exporter_binary_arch: "amd64"
    node_exporter_group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
    node_exporter_user: "{{ ansible_user }}"
    node_exporter_version: "0.18.1"

  pre_tasks:
    - name: Force macOS hosts to install from source, so a specific version can be used
      set_fact:
        node_exporter_install_from_binary: true
      when: ansible_os_family == "Darwin"

    - name: Install prerequisite software for macOS hosts
      homebrew:
        name: golang
        state: present

  roles:
    - ableton.prometheus_node_exporter

License

MIT

Maintainers

This project is maintained by the following GitHub users:

• @ala-ableton
• @nre-ableton