Install and configure sysstat using Ansible

#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook 

- hosts: YOUR_HOSTNAME
  remote_user: YOUR_REMOTEUSER 
  become: yes
  connection: ssh

  tasks:
    - name: Install and start as service sysstat for Ubuntu 
      block:
      - package:
          name: sysstat
          state: present	

      - lineinfile:
          path: /etc/default/sysstat
          state: present
          backrefs: yes
          regexp: '^ENABLED="false"'
          line: 'ENABLED="true"'

      - service:
          name: sysstat
           state: started
          enabled: yes
      when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'

Activities

1. Modify Ansible playbook to include a parameters for modifying default collection interval and collection options: SADC_OPTIONS="-S XALL" in /etc/sysstat/sysstat (man sadc for more options)

See also

• Configure user to be able to use sudo with no password
• Ansible modules: gather_facts, set_fact, ansible.builtin.file, lineinfile, stat, group, mount, git:, package:, command:, shell:, raw:, template:, register:, user:, Ansible playbooks examples, tasks:, lineinfile, blockinfile:, shell:, command:, raw:, ansible.builtin.file, service:, aws.ecs_taskdefinition, aws.asg, docker_container, kubernetes.core.k8s, community., include_tasks
• Ansible: modules, plugins, Playbooks (examples) ansible-playbook, ansible-vault, ansible-inventory, ansible-config, Ansible Tower, Ansible Galaxy (Roles) (ansible-galaxy), ansible-cmdb, gather facts, ansible.cfg, Ansible Molecule, Ansible collections, register, template, --ask-pass, --ask-become-pass, remote_user:, /etc/ansible/hosts, ansible-doc, ansible-lint, .ansible/, --forks, --start-at-task, changelog, inventory, Notify:, ansible HOSTNAME -m ping, gathering, /usr/bin/ansible, ansible -m ping, ansible.builtin, hosts: (Ansible), set fact:, when:, blockinfile:, become method:, include:, git:, AWX, ansible --help, Tags, Ansible variables, versions

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