[rsylog-client] Added role to send logs to thot using rsyslog

base.yml

@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@
   roles:
     - nullmailer
 
+# Send logs to thot
+- hosts: server
+  vars:
+    rsyslog:
+      server: thot.adm.crans.org
+  roles:
+    - rsyslog-client
+
 - hosts: otis.adm.crans.org
   roles:
     - ansible

roles/rsyslog-client/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+- name: Deploy quagga debian configuration
+  template:
+    src: rsyslog.d/50-send_relp.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/rsyslog.d/50-send_relp.conf
+    mode: 0640
+    owner: quagga
+    group: quagga
+
+- name: Create spool directory
+  file:
+    path: /var/log/spool
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0750'
+    owner: root
+    group: root

roles/rsyslog-client/templates/rsyslog.d/50-send_relp.conf.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+$ModLoad omrelp
+$WorkDirectory /var/log/spool  # default location for work (spool) files
+
+$ActionQueueType LinkedList   # use asynchronous processing
+$ActionQueueFileName syslogfwd  # set file name, also enables disk mode
+$ActionResumeRetryCount -1    # infinite retries on insert failure
+$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save in-memory data if rsyslog shuts down
+*.* :omrelp:{{ rsyslog.server }}:20514;RSYSLOG_ForwardFormat