feat: setup syslog for alpine

handlers/main.yaml

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@
     enabled: true
     state: "restarted"
 
+# ensure syslog enabled + started - alpine
+- name: "restart syslog alpine"
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: "syslog"
+    enabled: true
+    state: "started"
+
 # ssh
 - name: "restart ssh"
   ansible.builtin.systemd:

tasks/syslog/config.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
   tags: "syslog"
   block:
 
+    # configure syslog - alpine
+    - name: "syslog - config - busybox - alpine"
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: "templates/syslog/busybox/syslog.alpine.j2"
+        dest: "/etc/conf.d/syslog"
+        owner: "root"
+        group: "root"
+        mode: "0644"
+      when: 'ansible_distribution == "Alpine"'
+      notify: "restart syslog alpine"
+
     # configure rsyslogd - debian
     - name: "syslog - config - rsyslog - debian"
       ansible.builtin.template:

templates/syslog/busybox/syslog.alpine.j2

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SYSLOGD_OPTS="-R {{ rsyslog_destination }}:{{ rsyslog_port }}"