This is an Ansible role for installing Riemann dash.

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What it Does

Software

Installs the riemann-dash gem which provides the riemann-dash command, a thin wrapper around launching a Sinatra web app.

Configuration & Logging

Creates the files:

• /etc/riemann/dash.rb -- configuration file for Riemann dash
• /var/log/riemann-dash -- log directory for Sinatra

Services

On Ubuntu/Debian it creates an Upstart script /etc/init/riemann-dash.conf which defines a system service riemann-dash listening on port 5557.

Usage

Use the role in a playbook like this:

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - riemann-dash