elk-playbook.yml.txt

---                                                                                                                  
- name: Configure Elk VM with Docker
  hosts: elkservers                                                                                                    
  remote_user: sysadmin
  become: true
  tasks:
      # Use apt module
  - name: Install docker.io
    apt:
        force_apt_get: yes
        name: docker.io
        state: present
     # Use apt module
  - name: Install python-pip
    Apt:
        force_apt_get: yes
        name: python-pip
        state: present
     # Use pip module
 - name: Install Docker module
   pip:
      name: docker
      state: present
   # Use command module
 - name: Increase virtual memory                                                                                  
   command: sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144                                                                   
   # Use docker_container module
 - name: download and launch a docker elk container                                       
   docker_container:
       name: elk
       image: sebp/elk
       state: started
    # Please list the ports that ELK runs on                                                           
       published_ports:
           - 9200:9200
           - 5601:5601
           - 5044:5044