Ansible Role icingaweb2

This role installs and configures IcingaWeb2.

Runs on

RHEL 8 (and compatible)

Mandatory Requirements

Install MariaDB, and create a database and a user for said database. This can be done using the linuxfabrik.lfops.mariadb-server role.
Install a web server (for example Apache httpd), and configure a virtual host for IcingaWeb2. This can be done using the linuxfabrik.lfops.apache_httpd role.
Install PHP version >= 7.3. This can be done using the linuxfabrik.lfops.php role.

Optional Requirements

For exports to PDF also the following PHP modules are required: mbstring, GD, Imagick.
LDAP PHP library when using Active Directory or LDAP for authentication.

Tags

Tag	What it does
`icingaweb2`	Installs and configures IcingaWeb2
`icingaweb2:icons`	Deploys icon assets for IcingaWeb2
`icingaweb2:resources`	Deploys `/etc/icingaweb2/resources.ini`
`icingaweb2:user`	Creates user accounts and deploys the role config

Mandatory Role Variables

Variable	Description
`icingaweb2__api_user_login`	The account for accessing the Icinga2 API.
`icingaweb2__database_login`	The user account for accessing the SQL database. Currently, only MySQL is supported.
`icingaweb2__url_host`	The host part of the URL for IcingaWeb2. Will be used for the Apache HTTPd vHost.

Example:

# mandatory
icingaweb2__api_user_login:
  username: 'icingaweb2-api-user'
  password: 'linuxfabrik'
icingaweb2__database_login:
  username: 'icingaweb2_user'
  password: 'linuxfabrik'
icingaweb2__url_host: 'monitoring.example.com'

Optional Role Variables

Variable	Description	Default Value
`icingaweb2__authentications__host_var` / `icingaweb2__authentications__group_var`	A list of dictionaries defining the authentication backends (e.g. database) for IcingaWeb2. Have a look at https://icinga.com/docs/icinga-web-2/latest/doc/05-Authentication/. Subkeys: * `name`: Mandatory, string. The name of the authentication backend. * free-form: Optional, string. Will be used as the key-value pair in the resulting ini file. For the usage in `host_vars` / `group_vars` (can only be used in one group at a time).	IcingaWeb2 Database
`icingaweb2__database_host`	The host on which the SQL database is reachable.	`'localhost'`
`icingaweb2__database_login_host`	The Host-part of the SQL database user.	`'localhost'`
`icingaweb2__database_name`	The name of the SQL database.	`'icingaweb2'`
`icingaweb2__default_theme`	The application-wide default theme for the web interface.	`'Icinga'`
`icingaweb2__groups__host_var` / `icingaweb2__groups__group_var`	A list of dictionaries defining the available user groups for IcingaWeb2. Have a look at https://icinga.com/docs/icinga-web-2/latest/doc/05-Authentication/#groups. Subkeys: * `name`: Mandatory, string. The name of the user group. * free-form: Optional, string. Will be used as the key-value pair in the resulting ini file. For the usage in `host_vars` / `group_vars` (can only be used in one group at a time).	`[]`
`icingaweb2__navigation_menu_entries__host_var` / `icingaweb2__navigation_menu_entries__group_var`	A list of dictionaries defining additional menu entries in the IcingaWeb2 navigation bar. Subkeys: * `name`: Mandatory, string. The name of the navigation entry. * free-form: Optional, string. Will be used as the key-value pair in the resulting ini file. For the usage in `host_vars` / `group_vars` (can only be used in one group at a time).	IcingaWeb2 Database
`icingaweb2__resources__host_var` / `icingaweb2__resources__group_var`	A list of dictionaries defining the resources for IcingaWeb2 (entities that provide data to IcingaWeb2). Have a look at https://icinga.com/docs/icinga-web-2/latest/doc/04-Resources/#resources. Subkeys: * `name`: Mandatory, string. The name of the resource. * free-form: Optional, string. Will be used as the key-value pair in the resulting ini file. For the usage in `host_vars` / `group_vars` (can only be used in one group at a time).	`[]`
`icingaweb2__roles__host_var` / `icingaweb2__roles__group_var`	A list of dictionaries defining the user roles for IcingaWeb2. Have a look at https://icinga.com/docs/icinga-web-2/latest/doc/06-Security/#security-roles. Subkeys: * `name`: Mandatory, string. The name of the user role. * free-form: Optional, string. Will be used as the key-value pair in the resulting ini file. For the usage in `host_vars` / `group_vars` (can only be used in one group at a time).	`[]`
`icingaweb2__url_port`	The port of the URL for IcingaWeb2. Will be used for the Apache HTTPd vHost.	`80`
`icingaweb2__users__host_var` / `icingaweb2__users__group_var`	A list of dictionaries containing the IcingaWeb2 users. Note that they are only created once, and not updated. Subkeys: * `username`: Mandatory, string. The username of the IcingaWeb2 user. * `password`: Mandatory, string. The password of the IcingaWeb2 user. Note that it is only set once, so the user can change it themselves. For the usage in `host_vars` / `group_vars` (can only be used in one group at a time).	`[]`

Example:

# optional
icingaweb2__authentications__host_var:
  - name: 'AD'
    resource: 'ldap'
    backend: 'msldap'
  - name: 'autologin'
    backend: 'external'
icingaweb2__authentications__group_var: []
icingaweb2__database_host: 'localhost'
icingaweb2__database_login_host: 'localhost'
icingaweb2__database_name: 'icingaweb2'
icingaweb2__default_theme: 'Icinga'
icingaweb2__groups__host_var:
  - name: 'AD_groups'
    backend: 'msldap'
    resource: 'ldap'
    nested_group_search: '1'
    base_dn: 'DC=ad,DC=example,DC=com'
icingaweb2__groups__group_var: []
icingaweb2__navigation_menu_entries__host_var:
  - name: 'New link'
    users: '*'
    groups: '*'
    type: 'menu-item'
    target: '_main'
    url: 'https://example.com/'
    icon: 'globe'
    owner: 'admin-user'
icingaweb2__navigation_menu_entries__group_var: []
icingaweb2__resources__host_var: []
icingaweb2__resources__group_var:
  - name: 'ldap'
    type: 'ldap'
    hostname: 'ad.example.com'
    port: '389'
    base_dn: 'DC=ad,DC=example,DC=com'
    bind_dn: 'ldap-user'
    bind_pw: 'linuxfabrik'
icingaweb2__roles__host_var:
  - name: 'Administrators'
    users: 'admin-user'
    permissions: '*'
    groups: 'Administrators'
icingaweb2__roles__group_var: []
icingaweb2__url_port: 81
icingaweb2__users__host_var:
  - username: 'admin-user'
    password: 'linuxfabrik'
icingaweb2__users__group_var: []

License

The Unlicense

Author Information

Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich