Vector Role

Installs and configures Vector — a high-performance observability data pipeline.

Requirements

• Ansible 2.10+
• EL-based system (CentOS 7/8, RHEL 7/8)

Role Variables

Defaults (defaults/main.yml)

Variable	Description	Default
vector_version	Version of Vector to install	0.21.1
vector_config_dir	Directory for Vector config	/etc/vector
vector_data_dir	Directory for Vector data	/var/lib/vector
vector_service_user	System user for Vector service	vector
vector_service_state	Desired state of Vector service	started
vector_service_enabled	Whether Vector should start on boot	true

Vars (vars/main.yml)

Variable	Description
vector_package_name	RPM package filename (architecture-aware)
vector_download_url	Full download URL for the Vector RPM
vector_config_file	Full path to Vector config file

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: vector-role
      vector_version: "0.21.1"

License

MIT

Author Information

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