logwatch

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Setup - The basics of getting started with logwatch ¦ * What logwatch affects ¦ * Setup requirements
4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality

Overview

The logwatch module configures logwatch on Linux bases systems. This is a fork of jonnyx-logwatch module. Improved to use PDK 2.0, puppet native typing and use of hiera.

Module Description

The logwatch module will manage the installation and configuration of logwatch on Linux based systems.

Setup

NOTE: You must have a proper MTA installed and configured to send mail externally.

Stdlib

This module requires puppetlabs-stdlib >= 3.2.0

What logwatch affects

• logwatch package.
• logwatch configuration files.

Usage

Using default values

  class { '::logwatch': }

Using available parameters

 class { '::logwatch':
   mail_to   => [ 'test@test.com ', 'more@test.com' ],
   mail_from => 'puppet@test.com',
   service   => [ 'sshd', 'httpd' ],
 }

Managing ignore.conf

Add a regex to ignore.conf to suppress that output from the logwatch report

  logwatch::ignore { 'my_rule':
    regex => 'ignore_lines_that_match_this_regex',
  }

Alternatievely can be done with hiera:

  logwatch::ignore:
    my_first_rule:
      regex: 'ignore_lines_that_match_this_regex'
    my_second_rule:
      regex: 'ignore_lines_that_match_that_regex'