journalbeat/tasks/main.yml

---

- name: Check journalbeat version match
  command: /usr/local/bin/journalbeat -version | grep -Fq '{{ journalbeat_version }}'
  register: journalbeat_version_match
  check_mode: no
  ignore_errors: yes
  changed_when: no

- name: Get requested journalbeat version
  get_url:
    url: 'https://github.com/mheese/journalbeat/releases/download/v{{ journalbeat_version }}/journalbeat-debian'
    dest: /usr/local/bin/journalbeat
    force: yes
    mode: 0755
  when: journalbeat_version_match.rc != 0
  register: journalbeat_binary

- name: Install configuration
  copy:
    content: |
      # Ansible managed

      {{ journalbeat_config | to_nice_yaml }}
    dest: /etc/journalbeat.yaml
    owner: root
    mode: 0600
  register: journalbeat_configfile

- name: Create WorkingDirectory
  file:
    dest: /var/lib/journalbeat
    state: directory

- name: Install systemd service
  copy:
    content: |
      [Unit]
      Description=JournalBeat log streaming service
      After=network-online.target
      Requires=network-online.target

      [Service]
      ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/journalbeat \
                  -c /etc/journalbeat.yaml \
                  -path.home /var/lib/journalbeat \
                  -path.logs /var/log
      Restart=on-failure
      RestartSec=5
      WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/journalbeat

      [Install]
      WantedBy=multi-user.target
    dest: /etc/systemd/system/journalbeat.service
  register: journalbeat_service

- name: Restart and enable service
  systemd:
    name: journalbeat.service
    daemon_reload: yes
    state: restarted
    enabled: yes
  when: journalbeat_configfile.changed or journalbeat_service.changed or journalbeat_binary.changed

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