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+monitored
+=========
+
+Prepare remote machine for monitoring with Naemon/Nagios/Icinga via NRPE and/or SSH
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+- Role "epel" for RedHat-like systems
+
+Role Variables
+--------------
+
+Defaults (config/overwrite required):
+- `monitored_by_nrpe` (defaults: `False`): install/configure NRPE
+- `monitored_by_ssh` (defaults: `False`): install/configure SSH incl. wrapper
+  script
+- `monitored_server_ips` (defaults: `[127.0.0.1,]`: list(!) of monitoring server
+  ips
+
+Required for SSH:
+- `monitored_ssh_key_files` (defaults: `[]`): list(!) of SSH key strings(!)
+
+Common variables:
+- `monitored_packages_install` (defaults: `True`): install plugings
+- `monitored_sudo_file` (defaults: `/etc/sudoers.d/monitored`): sudoers file
+- `monitored_sudo_commands`: list of `sudoers` config lines
+- `monitored_packages_additional(_nrpe|_ssh)`: additional packages to install
+- `monitored_plugins_custom`: additional plugin scripts to copy
+- `monitored_plugins_custom_path` (defaults: `/usr/local/plugins/`): path for
+  additional plugins
+
+NRPE:
+- `monitored_nrpe_*`: NRPE config variables
+
+SSH:
+- `monitored_ssh_key_wrapper`: local path/filename of wrapper
+- `monitored_ssh_key_wrapper_src`: remote path and filename of wrapper
+- `monitored_ssh_key_wrapper_*`: file attributes of wrapper
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+- Installed Apache web server
+
+Example Playbook
+----------------
+
+    - hosts: web-servers
+      roles:
+         - role: apache2-backend-mod_remoteip
+           apache2_backend_mod_remoteip_proxy: 192.168.0.0/24
+
+License
+-------
+
+GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+Author Information
+------------------
+
+Sven Velt - <sven-ansiblerole@velt.biz>
+https://git.velt.biz/velt.biz/
+