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Installs and configures logcheck
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Version information

  • 0.1.1 (latest)
  • 0.1.0
released Nov 3rd 2016
This version is compatible with:
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  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'sccs-logcheck', '0.1.1'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add sccs-logcheck
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install sccs-logcheck --version 0.1.1

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Documentation

sccs/logcheck — version 0.1.1 Nov 3rd 2016

logcheck

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 logcheck
  4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.

Overview

This module configures logcheck on Linux based systems.

Module Description

This module manages installation and configuration of logcheck on Linux based systems.

Setup

What logcheck affects

  • Creates a ignore.d.server rule file "puppet-common" in ignore.d.server folder.
  • Changes SENDMAIL attribute in logcheck.conf.

Setup Requirements

  • You must have a proper MTA installed and configured to send mail externally.
  • You must have augeas libraries installed.

Beginning with logcheck

See Usage

Usage

Using default values

class { '::logcheck': }

Using available parameters

class { '::logcheck':

rules => "#Your logcheck rules#", email => 'test@test.com', }

Reference

Public Classes

  • logcheck: Main class, includes all other classes.

Private Classes

  • logcheck::install: Handles the packages.
  • logcheck::config: Handles the configuration file and logcheck rules

Parameters

rules

email

Limitations

This module has been built on and tested against Puppet 3.

The module has beent tested on Ubuntu 12.04/14.04 LTS and Debian Jessie.