[Ansible] Install the Graylog collector
This is the final post in my series on Graylog, AWS, and Ansible. In the previous three posts, I went over how to provision , configure , and install content on an all-in-one Graylog installation using the provided AMI and Ansible to do most of the heavy lifting. In this post, I'll go over the final step: connecting a Graylog collector and syslog forwarding to begin shipping log data into the Graylog instance. Getting Started Before diving in, let's go over specifically what we want to accomplish here. I'm big on checklists, and creating an outline to organize and plan your efforts can be especially helpful when putting together new systems like this. Provision infrastructure resources (Part I) Define the instances, network resources and storage devices we'll need for the all-in-one setup. Ensure these resources are configured and secured appropriately, and connect everything together. Configure the Graylog server (Part II) Install the required pac...