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Ansible Datadog Role

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Install and configure Datadog Agent & checks. The version 4 of this role installs the Datadog Agent version 7 by default.

Supports most Debian and RHEL-based Linux distributions, and Windows.

Installation

ansible-galaxy install Datadog.datadog

Role Variables

Variable Description
datadog_api_key Your Datadog API key.
datadog_site The site of the Datadog intake to send Agent data to. Defaults to datadoghq.com, set to datadoghq.eu to send data to the EU site. This option is only available with agent version >= 6.6.0.
datadog_agent_version The pinned version of the Agent to install (optional, but highly recommended). Example: 7.16.0. Setting datadog_agent_major_version is not needed if datadog_agent_version is used. Note Downgrades are not supported on Windows platforms.
datadog_agent_major_version The major version of the Agent which will be installed. Its possible values are 5, 6 or 7 (default to 7). If set datadog_agent_version will take precedence, otherwise the latest version of the specified major will be installed. Setting datadog_agent_major_version is not needed if datadog_agent_version is used.
datadog_checks YAML configuration for agent checks to drop into:
- /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/<check_name>.d/conf.yaml for Agent v6 and v7,
- /etc/dd-agent/conf.d for Agent v5.
datadog_config Settings to place in the main Agent configuration file:
- /etc/datadog-agent/datadog.yaml for Agent v6 and v7,
- /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf for Agent v5 (under the [Main] section).
datadog_config_ex Extra INI sections to go in /etc/dd-agent/datadog.conf (optional). Agent v5 only.
datadog_apt_repo Override default Datadog apt repository.
datadog_apt_cache_valid_time Override the default apt cache expiration time (default 1 hour).
datadog_apt_key_url_new Override default url to Datadog apt key (key ID 382E94DE ; the deprecated datadog_apt_key_url variable refers to an expired key that's been removed from the role).
datadog_yum_repo Override default Datadog yum repository.
datadog_yum_gpgkey Override default url to Datadog yum key used to verify Agent v5 and Agent v6 (up to 6.13) packages (key ID 4172A230).
datadog_yum_gpgkey_e09422b3 Override default url to Datadog yum key used to verify Agent v6 (from 6.14 upwards) and v7 packages (key ID E09422B3).
datadog_yum_gpgkey_e09422b3_sha256sum Override default checksum of the datadog_yum_gpgkey_e09422b3 key.
datadog_zypper_repo Override default Datadog zypper repository.
datadog_zypper_gpgkey Override default url to Datadog zypper key used to verify Agent v5 and Agent v6 (up to 6.13) packages (key ID 4172A230).
datadog_zypper_gpgkey_sha256sum Override default checksum of the datadog_zypper_gpgkey key.
datadog_zypper_gpgkey_e09422b3 Override default url to Datadog zypper key used to verify Agent v6 (from 6.14 upwards) and v7 packages (key ID E09422B3).
datadog_zypper_gpgkey_e09422b3_sha256sum Override default checksum of the datadog_zypper_gpgkey_e09422b3 key.
datadog_agent_allow_downgrade Set to yes to allow Agent downgrades on apt-based platforms (use with caution, see defaults/main.yml for details). On centos this will only work with ansible 2.4 and up.
use_apt_backup_keyserver Set true to use the backup keyserver instead of the default one.
datadog_enabled Set to false to prevent datadog-agent service from starting. Defaults to true
datadog_additional_groups Comma separated list of additional groups for the datadog_user. Linux only.
datadog_windows_ddagentuser_name Name of windows user to create/use, in the format <domain>\<user>. Windows only.
datadog_windows_ddagentuser_password Password to use to create the user, and/or register the service. Windows only.

Role upgrade from v3 to v4

The datadog_agent_major_version variable has been introduced, to tell the module which major version of the Agent will be installed, 7 by default. To install Agent v5, set it to 5. To install Agent v6, set it to 6.

The datadog_agent5 variable is thus obsolete and has been removed.

Linux repositories

To behavior of the datadog_apt_repo, datadog_yum_repo, and datadog_zypper_repo variables has been modified. When they are not set, the official Datadog repositories for the major version set in datadog_agent_major_version are used:

datadog_agent_major_version Default apt repository Default yum repository Default zypper repository
5 deb https://apt.datadoghq.com stable main https://yum.datadoghq.com/rpm https://yum.datadoghq.com/suse/rpm
6 deb https://apt.datadoghq.com stable 6 https://yum.datadoghq.com/stable/6 https://yum.datadoghq.com/suse/stable/6
7 deb https://apt.datadoghq.com stable 7 https://yum.datadoghq.com/stable/7 https://yum.datadoghq.com/suse/stable/7

To override the default behavior, set the datadog_apt_repo, datadog_yum_repo, or datadog_zypper_repo variables to something else than an empty string.

If you were previously using the Agent v5 variables datadog_agent5_apt_repo, datadog_agent5_yum_repo, or datadog_agent5_zypper_repo to set custom Agent v5 repositories, use datadog_apt_repo, datadog_yum_repo, or datadog_zypper_repo(with datadog_agent_major_version set to 5 or datadog_agent_version pinned to a specific Agent v5 version) instead.

To install Agent v5 with the v4 role, follow the instructions in the Agent v5 section. To downgrade an Agent installation with the v4 role, follow the instructions in the Agent downgrade section.

Windows

To behavior of the datadog_windows_download_url variable has been modified. When not set, the official Windows msi package corresponding to the datadog_agent_major_version is used:

datadog_agent_major_version Default Windows msi package URL
6 https://s3.amazonaws.com/ddagent-windows-stable/datadog-agent-6-latest.amd64.msi
7 https://s3.amazonaws.com/ddagent-windows-stable/datadog-agent-7-latest.amd64.msi

To override the default behavior, set the datadog_windows_download_url variable to something else than an empty string.

datadog_agent_version variable

Starting with version 3 of this role, when the datadog_agent_version variable is used to pin a specific Agent version, the role will derive per-OS version names to comply with the version naming schemes of the operating systems we support (eg. 1:7.16.0-1 for Debian- and SUSE- based, 7.16.0-1 for Redhat-based and 7.16.0 for Windows).

This makes it possible to target hosts running different operating systems in the same Ansible run.

For instance, you can now provide:

datadog_agent_version: 7.16.0

and the role will install 1:7.16.0-1 on Debian- and SUSE-based systems, 7.16.0-1 on Redhat-based systems, and 7.16.0 on Windows (if not provided, the role uses 1 as the epoch, and 1 as the release number).

Alternatively, you can provide:

datadog_agent_version: 1:7.16.0-1

and the role will install 1:7.16.0-1 on Debian- and SUSE-based systems, 7.16.0-1 on Redhat-based systems, and 7.16.0 on Windows.

Agent v5 (older version)

This role includes support for Datadog Agent version 5 for Linux only.

To install Agent v5, either set datadog_agent_major_version to 5 to install the latest version of Agent v5 or set datadog_agent_version to an existing Agent v5.

Agent version downgrades

To downgrade to a prior version of the Agent, you need to (on centos this will only work with ansible 2.4 and up):

  1. Set datadog_agent_version to a specific version to downgrade to (ex: 5.32.5),
  2. Set datadog_agent_allow_downgrade to yes.

Note: downgrades are not supported on Windows platforms.

Dependencies

None

Configuring a check

To configure a check you need to add an entry to the datadog_checks section. The first level key is the name of the check and the value is the yaml payload to write the configuration file.

Example:

Process Check

To define 2 instances for the process check use the configuration below:

    datadog_checks:
      process:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - name: ssh
            search_string: ['ssh', 'sshd' ]
          - name: syslog
            search_string: ['rsyslog' ]
            cpu_check_interval: 0.2
            exact_match: true
            ignore_denied_access: true

This creates the corresponding configuration files:

  • For Agent v6: /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/process.d/conf.yaml
  • For Agent v5: /etc/dd-agent/conf.d/process.yaml

Custom Check

To configure a custom check use the configuration below:

    datadog_checks:
      my_custom_check:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - some_data: true

This creates the corresponding configuration files:

  • For Agent v6: /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/my_custom_check.d/conf.yaml
  • For Agent v5: /etc/dd-agent/conf.d/my_custom_check.yaml

Autodiscovery Check

There is no pre-processing nor post-processing on the YAML. This means every YAML sections is added to the final configuration file, including autodiscovery identifiers.

The example below configures the PostgeSQL check through autodiscovery:

    datadog_checks:
      postgres:
        ad_identifiers:
          - db-master
          - db-slave
        init_config:
        instances:
          - host: %%host%%
            port: %%port%%
            username: username
            password: password

Learn more about Autodiscovery in the Datadog documentation.

Upgrading an integration

Available for Agent v6.8+

The datadog_integration resource helps you to install specific version of a Datadog integration. Keep in mind the Agent comes with all the integrations already installed. So this command is here to allow you to upgrade a specific integration without upgrading the whole Agent. For more usage information consult the Agent documentation.

Available actions:

  • install: Installs a specific version of the integration.
  • remove: Removes an integration.

Syntax:

  datadog_integration:
    <INTEGRATION_NAME>:
      action: <ACTION>
      version: <VERSION_TO_INSTALL>

Example

This example installs version 1.11.0 of the ElasticSearch integration and removes the postgres integration.

 datadog_integration:
   datadog-elastic:
     action: install
     version: 1.11.0
   datadog-postgres:
     action: remove

In order to get the available versions of the integrations, please refer to their CHANGELOG.md file in the integrations-core repository.

Example Playbooks

Sending data to Datadog US (default) and configuring a few checks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: Datadog.datadog, become: yes }
  vars:
    datadog_api_key: "123456"
    datadog_agent_version: "7.16.0"
    datadog_config:
      tags:
        - "env:dev"
        - "datacenter:local"
      log_level: INFO
      apm_config:
        enabled: true
        max_traces_per_second: 10
      logs_enabled: true  # log collection is available on Agent 6 and 7
    datadog_checks:
      process:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - name: ssh
            search_string: ['ssh', 'sshd' ]
          - name: syslog
            search_string: ['rsyslog' ]
            cpu_check_interval: 0.2
            exact_match: true
            ignore_denied_access: true
      ssh_check:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - host: localhost
            port: 22
            username: root
            password: changeme
            sftp_check: True
            private_key_file:
            add_missing_keys: True
      nginx:
        init_config:
        instances:
          - nginx_status_url: http://example.com/nginx_status/
            tags:
              - "source:nginx"
              - "instance:foo"
          - nginx_status_url: http://example2.com:1234/nginx_status/
            tags:
              - "source:nginx"
              - "instance:bar"

        #Log collection is available on Agent 6 and 7
        logs:
          - type: file
            path: /var/log/access.log
            service: myapp
            source: nginx
            sourcecategory: http_web_access
          - type: file
            path: /var/log/error.log
            service: nginx
            source: nginx
            sourcecategory: http_web_access
    # datadog_integration is available on Agent 6.8+
    datadog_integration:
      datadog-elastic:
        action: install
        version: 1.11.0
      datadog-postgres:
        action: remove
    system_probe_config:
      enabled: true

Example for installing the latest Agent 6:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: Datadog.datadog, become: yes }
  vars:
    datadog_agent_major_version: 6
    datadog_api_key: "123456"

Example for sending data to EU site:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: Datadog.datadog, become: yes }
  vars:
    datadog_site: "datadoghq.eu"
    datadog_api_key: "123456"

Making the playbook work on Windows

On Windows, the become: yes option is not needed (and will make the role fail, as ansible won't be able to use it).

Below are two methods to make the above playbook work with Windows hosts:

Using the inventory file (recommended)

Set the ansible_become option to no in the inventory file for each Windows host:

[servers]
linux1 ansible_host=127.0.0.1
linux2 ansible_host=127.0.0.2
windows1 ansible_host=127.0.0.3 ansible_become=no
windows2 ansible_host=127.0.0.4 ansible_become=no

To avoid repeating the same configuration for all Windows hosts, you can also group them and set the variable at the group level:

[linux]
linux1 ansible_host=127.0.0.1
linux2 ansible_host=127.0.0.2

[windows]
windows1 ansible_host=127.0.0.3
windows2 ansible_host=127.0.0.4

[windows:vars]
ansible_become=no

Using the playbook file

Alternatively, if your playbook only runs on Windows hosts, you can do the following in the playbook file:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: Datadog.datadog }
  vars:
    ...

Warning: this configuration will fail on Linux hosts (as it's not setting become: yes for them). Only use it if the playbook is specific to Windows hosts. Otherwise use the inventory file method.

APM

To enable APM with Agent v6 use the following configuration:

datadog_config:
    apm_config:
        enabled: true

To enable APM with agent v5 use the following configuration:

datadog_config:
    apm_enabled: "true" # has to be a string

Process Agent

To control the behavior of the Process Agent, use the enabled variable under the datadog_config field. It has to be set as a string and the possible values are: true, false (for only container collection) or disabled (to disable the Process Agent entirely)

Variables

The following variables are available for the Process Agent:

  • scrub_args: Enables the scrubbing of sensitive arguments from a process command line. Default value is true.
  • custom_sensitive_words: Expands the default list of sensitive words used by the cmdline scrubber.

System Probe

The network performance monitoring system probe is configured under the system_probe_config variable. Any variables nested underneath will be written to the system-probe.yaml.

Currently, the system probe only works on Linux with the Agent 6 version and beyond.

Example of configuration

datadog_config:
  process_config:
    enabled: "true" # has to be set as a string
    scrub_args: true
    custom_sensitive_words: ['consul_token','dd_api_key']
system_probe_config:
  enabled: true
  sysprobe_socket: /opt/datadog-agent/run/sysprobe.sock

Agent 5

To enable/disable the Process Agent on Agent 5, you need to set on datadog_config the process_agent_enabled parameter to true/false.

Set the available variables inside process.config under the datadog_config_ex field to control the Process Agent's features.

Example of configuration

datadog_config:
  process_agent_enabled: true
datadog_config_ex:
  process.config:
    scrub_args: true
    custom_sensitive_words: "consul_token,dd_api_key"

Additional tasks

pre_tasks and post_tasks folders allow to run user defined tasks. pre_tasks for tasks to be executed before executing any tasks from the Datadog role and post_tasks for those to be executed after.

Known Issues and Workarounds

dirmngr

On Debian Stretch, the apt_key module that the role uses requires an additional system dependency to work correctly. Unfortunately that dependency (dirmngr) is not provided by the module. To work around this, you can add the following configuration to the playbooks that make use of the present role:

---
- hosts: all
  pre_tasks:
    - name: Debian Stretch requires dirmngr package to be installed in order to use apt_key
      become: yes  # On Ansible < 1.9, use `sudo: yes` instead of `become: yes`
      apt:
        name: dirmngr
        state: present

  roles:
    - { role: Datadog.datadog, become: yes, datadog_api_key: "mykey" }  # On Ansible < 1.9, use `sudo: yes` instead of `become: yes`

Datadog Agent 6.14 for Windows

Due to a critical bug in Agent versions 6.14.0 and 6.14.1 on Windows, these versions have been blacklisted (starting with the version 3.3.0 of this role).

PLEASE NOTE: ansible will fail on Windows if datadog_agent_version is set to 6.14.0 or 6.14.1. Please use 6.14.2 or above instead.

If you are updating from 6.14.0 or 6.14.1 on Windows, we strongly recommend following these steps:

  1. Upgrade the present Datadog.datadog ansible role to the latest version (>=3.3.0)
  2. Set the datadog_agent_version to 6.14.2 or above (by default the role install latest).

To learn more about this bug, please read here.

License

Apache2

Author Information

brian@akins.org

dustinjamesbrown@gmail.com --Forked from brian@akins.org

Datadog info@datadoghq.com --Forked from dustinjamesbrown@gmail.com