Ensure app-specific CloudWatch configs are appended after agent restart

roles/deploy/defaults/main.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ cloudwatch_agent:
   metrics_collection_interval: 60
   user: cwagent
 
-tuxedo_log_default_parent: /var/log/tuxedo
+tuxedo_logs_path: /var/log/tuxedo
 
 tuxedo_log_files:
   ewf:

roles/deploy/tasks/deploy.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 - name: "{{ tuxedo_user }} : Create service logs directory"
   file:
-    path: "/var/log/tuxedo/{{ tuxedo_user }}"
+    path: "{{ tuxedo_logs_path }}/{{ tuxedo_user }}"
     owner: "{{ tuxedo_user }}"
     group: "{{ tuxedo_user }}"
     mode: 0755
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 - name: "{{ tuxedo_user }} : Populate template config files"
   template:
     src: "{{ item }}"
-    dest: "{{ new_deployment_files.path }}/config//{{ item | basename | replace('.j2', '') }}"
+    dest: "{{ new_deployment_files.path }}/config/{{ item | basename | replace('.j2', '') }}"
     owner: "{{ tuxedo_user }}"
     group: "{{ tuxedo_user }}"
     mode: 0644
@@ -171,13 +171,9 @@
 - name: "{{ tuxedo_user }} : Create CloudWatch agent configuration file for Tuxedo service group"
   template:
     src: templates/cloudwatch-config-service.json.j2
-    dest: "{{ cloudwatch_agent.config_dir }}//cloudwatch-config-{{ tuxedo_user }}.json"
+    dest: "{{ cloudwatch_agent.config_dir }}/cloudwatch-config-{{ tuxedo_user }}.json"
     trim_blocks: False
 
-- name: "{{ tuxedo_user }} : Add configuration for Tuxedo service group to CloudWatch agent"
-  command:
-    cmd: "{{ cloudwatch_agent.path }} -a append-config -m ec2 -s -c file:{{ cloudwatch_agent.config_dir }}//cloudwatch-config-{{ tuxedo_user }}.json"
-
 - name: "{{ tuxedo_user }} : Start Tuxedo services"
   become_user: "{{ tuxedo_user }}"
   shell: "source $HOME/deployment/config/envfile && tmboot -y"

roles/deploy/tasks/main.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     cloudwatch_log_stream_name: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}_{{ ansible_ec2_hostname }}"
     region: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_identity_document_region }}"
 
-- name: Create CloudWatch agent configuration file for instance
+- name: Create CloudWatch agent primary configuration file
   template:
     src: templates/cloudwatch-config.json.j2
     dest: "{{ cloudwatch_agent.config_dir }}/cloudwatch-config.json"
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
     group: "{{ tuxedo_service_group }}"
     mode: 0755
 
-- name: "Create logs directory"
+- name: "Create Tuxedo logs directory"
   file:
-    path: "/var/log/tuxedo"
+    path: "{{ tuxedo_logs_path }}"
     owner: root
     group: "{{ tuxedo_service_group }}"
     mode: 0755
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@
   loop_control:
     loop_var: tuxedo_user
 
+- name: Find application-specific CloudWatch configuration files
+  find:
+    paths: "{{ cloudwatch_agent.config_dir }}"
+    patterns: 'cloudwatch-config-*.json'
+  register: cloudwatch_configs
+
+- name: "{{ tuxedo_user }} : Add configuration for Tuxedo service group to CloudWatch agent"
+  command:
+    cmd: "{{ cloudwatch_agent.path }} -a append-config -m ec2 -s -c file:{{ item.path }}"
+  loop: "{{ cloudwatch_configs.files }}"
+
 - name: Remove temporary directories
   file:
     path: "{{ application_artefact_files.path }}"

roles/deploy/templates/cloudwatch-config-service.json.j2

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
           {% if tuxedo_user in tuxedo_log_files -%}
           {%+ for log in tuxedo_log_files[tuxedo_user] -%}
           {
-            "file_path": "{{ log.file_path_parent | default(tuxedo_log_default_parent) }}/{{ tuxedo_user }}/{{ log.file_pattern }}",
+            "file_path": "{{ tuxedo_logs_path }}/{{ tuxedo_user }}/{{ log.file_pattern }}",
             "log_group_name": "{{ log.cloudwatch_log_group_name }}",
             "log_stream_name": "{{ cloudwatch_log_stream_name }}"
           }{%- if not loop.last -%},{%- endif -%}