topbeat Cookbook

This is a Chef cookbook to manage Topbeat.

For Production environment, always prefer the most recent release.

Most Recent Release

cookbook 'topbeat', '~> 0.1.2'

From Git

cookbook 'topbeat', github: 'vkhatri/chef-topbeat'

Repository

https://github.com/vkhatri/chef-topbeat

Supported OS

This cookbook was tested on Amazon & Ubuntu Linux and expected to work on other RHEL platforms.

Recipes

• topbeat::default - default recipe (use it for run_list)

• topbeat::install - install topbeat

• topbeat::config - configure topbeat

Core Attributes

• default['topbeat']['version'] (default: 1.1.0): topbeat version

• default['topbeat']['packages'] (default: []): package dependencies

• default['topbeat']['conf_dir'] (default: /etc/topbeat): topbeat yaml configuration file directory

• default['topbeat']['conf_file'] (default: /etc/topbeat/topbeat.yml): topbeat configuration file

• default['topbeat']['notify_restart'] (default: true): whether to restart topbeat service on configuration file change

• default['topbeat']['disable_service'] (default: false): whether to stop and disable topbeat service, useful for maintenance mode

Configuration File topbeat.yml Attributes

• default['topbeat']['config']['input']['period'] (default: 10): topbeat statistics collection interval

• default['topbeat']['config']['input']['period'] (default: 10): topbeat procs to collect statistics

• default['topbeat']['config']['output'] (default: {}): topbeat output configuration, e.g. elasticsearch, logstash, file etc.

For more attribute info, visit below link:

https://github.com/elastic/topbeat/blob/master/etc/topbeat.yml

Topbeat YUM/APT Repository Attributes

• default['topbeat']['yum']['description'] (default: ``): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['yum']['gpgcheck'] (default: true): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['yum']['enabled'] (default: true): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['yum']['baseurl'] (default: https://packages.elastic.co/beats/yum/el/$basearch): beatsyum reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['yum']['gpgkey'] (default: https://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['yum']['action'] (default: :create): beats yum reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['apt']['description'] (default: calculated): beats apt reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['apt']['components'] (default: ['stable', 'main']): beats apt reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['apt']['uri'] (default: https://packages.elastic.co/beats/apt): beats apt reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['apt']['key'] (default: http://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch): beats apt reporitory attribute

• default['topbeat']['apt']['action'] (default: :add): filebeat apt reporitory attribute

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests (rake & rake knife), ensuring they all pass
6. Write new resource/attribute description to README.md
7. Write description about changes to PR
8. Submit a Pull Request using Github

Copyright & License

Authors:: Virender Khatri and Contributors

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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