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+Ansible role for installing cloudwatch agent on deb-based Linux.

tasks/main.yml

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+- name: Install collectd
+  apt:
+    name: collectd
+    state: present
+
+- name: Install CloudWatch agent for Ubuntu
+  apt:
+    deb: https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/ubuntu/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.deb
+    state: present
+
+- name: Create basic CW agent config
+  copy:
+    dest: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json
+    backup: yes
+    content: |
+      {
+      	"agent": {
+      		"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
+      		"run_as_user": "cwagent"
+      	},
+      	"metrics": {
+          "namespace": "CWAgent",
+      		"append_dimensions": {
+      			"AutoScalingGroupName": "${aws:AutoScalingGroupName}",
+      			"ImageId": "${aws:ImageId}",
+      			"InstanceId": "${aws:InstanceId}",
+      			"InstanceType": "${aws:InstanceType}"
+      		},
+      		"metrics_collected": {
+      			"collectd": {
+      				"metrics_aggregation_interval": 60
+      			},
+      			"disk": {
+      				"measurement": [
+      					"used_percent"
+      				],
+      				"metrics_collection_interval": 60,
+      				"resources": [
+      					"*"
+      				]
+      			},
+      			"mem": {
+      				"measurement": [
+      					"mem_used_percent"
+      				],
+      				"metrics_collection_interval": 60
+      			},
+      			"statsd": {
+      				"metrics_aggregation_interval": 60,
+      				"metrics_collection_interval": 10,
+      				"service_address": ":8125"
+      			}
+      		}
+      	}
+      }
+
+- name: Enable and start agent
+  shell: /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/config.json -s
+