Role: monitoring
Description
Installs comprehensive system monitoring tools and custom monitoring scripts for performance analysis and security monitoring.
Requirements
- Ansible 2.9+
- Debian/Ubuntu systems
- Sufficient disk space for logs
Installed Tools
- htop/btop: Interactive process viewers
- iotop: I/O monitoring
- nethogs: Network usage per process
- iftop: Network bandwidth monitoring
- ncdu: Disk usage analyzer
- fail2ban: Intrusion prevention
- logwatch: Log analysis and reporting
Custom Scripts
/usr/local/bin/monitoring/sysinfo: System overview dashboard/usr/local/bin/monitoring/netinfo: Network monitoring script
Variables
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
monitoring_install_htop |
true |
Install htop process viewer |
monitoring_install_fail2ban |
true |
Install intrusion prevention |
monitoring_install_logwatch |
true |
Install log analysis |
monitoring_custom_scripts |
true |
Install custom monitoring scripts |
Dependencies
baserole (for basic packages)
Example Playbook
- hosts: servers
roles:
- role: monitoring
monitoring_install_fail2ban: false
Tags
monitoring: All monitoring taskstools: Tool installation onlyscripts: Custom script deploymentsecurity: Security monitoring tools
Fail2ban Configuration
- SSH protection: Enabled by default
- Ban time: 10 minutes
- Find time: 10 minutes
- Max retry: 5 attempts
Notes
- Creates monitoring user directories
- Configures fail2ban with custom rules
- Installs both CLI and snap-based tools
- Custom scripts require manual execution