Enable splunk-server role to manage dashboards

playbooks/roles/splunk-server/defaults/main.yml

@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ SPLUNK_FIELD_EXTRACTIONS: []
   #   name:
   #   regex:
 
+SPLUNK_DASHBOARDS: []
+  # A list of paths of dashboard xml.j2 templates.
+  # xml templates must be of the form expected by Splunk.
+  # For an example, create a dashboard in the Splunk UI and go to Edit > Edit Source
+  # e.g.
+  # - {{ role_path }}/../../../secure-repo/path/to/templates/template.xml.j2
+
 SPLUNK_ALERT_DEFAULT_SEVERITY: "3"
 
 

playbooks/roles/splunk-server/tasks/main.yml

@@ -100,6 +100,25 @@
     - install:configuration
   when: SPLUNK_FIELD_EXTRACTIONS is defined
 
+- name: Make dashboards directory
+  file:
+    state: directory
+    path: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/local/data/ui/views
+    owner: "{{ splunk_user  }}"
+    group: "{{ splunk_user }}"
+
+- name: configure splunk dashboards
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item }}"
+    dest: /opt/splunk/etc/apps/search/local/data/ui/views/{{ item.rstrip('.j2') | basename }}
+    owner: "{{ splunk_user }}"
+    group: "{{ splunk_user }}"
+    mode: 0700
+  with_items: SPLUNK_DASHBOARDS
+  tags:
+    - install
+    - install:configuration
+
 - name: restart splunk
   service: 
     name: splunk