Vector Role

Ansible role for installing and configuring Vector log aggregator.

Requirements

• Ansible >= 2.9
• Ubuntu 20.04/22.04

Role Variables

Variable	Default	Description
vector_version	0.35.0	Version of Vector to install
vector_install_dir	/opt/vector	Installation directory
vector_config_dir	/etc/vector	Configuration directory
vector_user	vector	System user for running Vector
vector_sources	[]	List of input sources
vector_sinks	[]	List of output sinks

Example Playbook

- hosts: monitoring
  roles:
    - role: vector-role
      vector_sources:
        - name: "app_logs"
          type: "file"
          include: "/var/log/app/*.log"
      vector_sinks:
        - name: "clickhouse"
          type: "clickhouse"
          inputs: ["app_logs"]
          endpoint: "http://clickhouse:8123"