using ami-id-hostname, creating copy

playbooks/roles/newrelic/tasks/newrelic-logwatcher.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 - name: create agent configuration
   template: >
     src=opt/newrelic_platform_plugins/newrelic_logwatcher_agent/config/newrelic_plugin.yml.j2
-    dest={{ newrelic_logwatch_dir }}/config/newrelic_plugin.yml
+    dest={{ newrelic_logwatch_dir }}/config/newrelic_plugin.yml.copy
   notify: restart newrelic-logwatch-agent
 
 - template:

playbooks/roles/newrelic/templates/etc/init/newrelic-logwatch-agent.conf.j2

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ stop on runlevel [016]
 respawn
 chdir {{ newrelic_logwatch_dir }} 
 pre-start script
-  instance_id=$(ec2metadata --instance-id)
   ami_id=$(ec2metadata --ami-id)
-  sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/${ami_id}-${instance_id}/" {{ newrelic_logwatch_dir }}/config/newrelic_plugin.yml
+  hostname=$(hostname)
+  sed "s/HOSTNAME/${ami_id}-${hostname}/" {{ newrelic_logwatch_dir }}/config/newrelic_plugin.yml.copy > {{ newrelic_logwatch_dir }}/config/newrelic_plugin.yml
 end script
 exec ruby newrelic_logwatcher_agent.rb