updating cloudwatch agent role to use collectd role

Author: SunnyOd

roles/debian/aws_cloudwatch_agent/defaults/main.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ aws_cloudwatch_agent:
   # Group prefix. Useful for grouping by environments.
   # Eg. instead of "syslog", you can have "dev syslog", "prod syslog", etc.
   log_group_prefix: ""
+  # Enable collectd integration
+  collectd:
+    enabled: false
   # You'd normally use IAM policies, but that allows
   # non-AWS servers to log in cloudwatch too.
   use_credentials: false

roles/debian/aws_cloudwatch_agent/templates/config.json.j2

@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@
 				],
 				"metrics_collection_interval": 60
 			}
+			{%- if aws_cloudwatch_agent.collectd is defined and aws_cloudwatch_agent.collectd.enabled %}
+			,"collectd": {
+				"metrics_aggregation_interval": 60
+			}
+			{%- endif %}
 		}
 	}
 }

roles/debian/collectd/handlers/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: Restart collectd
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: collectd
+    state: restarted

roles/debian/collectd/tasks/main.yml

@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@
     force: true
   when:
     - collectd_configdir.stat.exists
+  notify: Restart collectd
+
+- name: Ensure collectd service is enabled and started.
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: collectd
+    state: started
+    enabled: true