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community.general.sensu_handler – Manages Sensu handler configuration

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection.

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.sensu_handler.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Manages Sensu handler configuration
For more information, refer to the Sensu documentation: https://sensuapp.org/docs/latest/reference/handlers.html

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
command string		The handler command to be executed. The event data is passed to the process via STDIN. NOTE: the command attribute is only required for Pipe handlers (i.e. handlers configured with "type": "pipe").
filter string		The Sensu event filter (name) to use when filtering events for the handler.
filters string		An array of Sensu event filters (names) to use when filtering events for the handler. Each array item must be a string.
handle_flapping boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If events in the flapping state should be handled.
handle_silenced boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If events matching one or more silence entries should be handled.
handlers string		An array of Sensu event handlers (names) to use for events using the handler set. Each array item must be a string. NOTE: the handlers attribute is only required for handler sets (i.e. handlers configured with "type": "set").
mutator string		The Sensu event mutator (name) to use to mutate event data for the handler.
name string / required		A unique name for the handler. The name cannot contain special characters or spaces.
pipe string		The pipe definition scope, used to configure the Sensu transport pipe. NOTE: the pipe attribute is only required for Transport handlers (i.e. handlers configured with "type": "transport").
severities string	Choices: warning critical unknown	An array of check result severities the handler will handle. NOTE: event resolution bypasses this filtering.
socket string		The socket definition scope, used to configure the TCP/UDP handler socket. NOTE: the socket attribute is only required for TCP/UDP handlers (i.e. handlers configured with "type": "tcp" or "type": "udp").
state string	Choices: present ← absent	Whether the handler should be present or not
timeout string	Default: 10	The handler execution duration timeout in seconds (hard stop). Only used by pipe and tcp handler types.
type string / required	Choices: pipe tcp udp transport set	The handler type

Notes

Note

Check mode is supported

Examples

# Configure a handler that sends event data as STDIN (pipe)
- name: Configure IRC Sensu handler
  community.general.sensu_handler:
    name: "irc_handler"
    type: "pipe"
    command: "/usr/local/bin/notify-irc.sh"
    severities:
      - "ok"
      - "critical"
      - "warning"
      - "unknown"
    timeout: 15
  notify:
    - Restart sensu-client
    - Restart sensu-server

# Delete a handler
- name: Delete IRC Sensu handler
  community.general.sensu_handler:
    name: "irc_handler"
    state: "absent"

# Example of a TCP handler
- name: Configure TCP Sensu handler
  community.general.sensu_handler:
    name: "tcp_handler"
    type: "tcp"
    timeout: 30
    socket:
      host: "10.0.1.99"
      port: 4444
  register: handler
  notify:
    - Restart sensu-client
    - Restart sensu-server

- name: Secure Sensu handler configuration file
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ handler['file'] }}"
    owner: "sensu"
    group: "sensu"
    mode: "0600"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
config dictionary	success	Effective handler configuration, when state is present Sample: {'command': '/usr/local/bin/notify-irc.sh', 'name': 'irc', 'type': 'pipe'}
file string	success	Path to the handler configuration file Sample: /etc/sensu/conf.d/handlers/irc.json
name string	success	Name of the handler Sample: irc

Authors

David Moreau Simard (@dmsimard)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/general/sensu_handler_module.html