Fixes

tasks/core/fields.yml

@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@
   loop: "{{ beats_setup_template_field_overrides }}"
   loop_control:
     loop_var: _beats__field_setting
+  when: ansible_os_family != 'Windows'
+  # TODO there is no win_blockinfile module, find a workaround for windows

tasks/core/install/Debian-winlogbeat.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
         _winlogbeat_url:
           # TODO Winlogbeat download url does not support wildcards for minor/patch versions
           "https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/winlogbeat/winlogbeat-{{
-                  beats_major_version }}.{{ beats_minor_version }}.0-windows-x86_64.zip"
+                  beats_major_version }}.{{ beats_minor_version }}.{{
+                    beats_patch_version }}-windows-x86_64.zip"
 
     - name: "{{ beats_flavor }}: Download winlogbeat"
       unarchive:
@@ -68,4 +69,10 @@
         dest: "{{ beats_path_home }}"
         mode: 0o644
         remote_src: true
+
+    - name: Copy fields.yml next to config file
+      copy:
+        src: "{{ beats_path_home }}/fields.yml"
+        dest: "{{ beats_path_config }}"
+        remote_src: true
   when: beats_flavor == 'winlogbeat'

tasks/core/install/Windows.yml

@@ -18,12 +18,22 @@
             arguments: /quiet
       when: beats_flavor == 'packetbeat'
 
+    - name: "{{ beats_flavor }}: Stop windows service"
+      win_service:
+        name: "{{ beats_flavor }}"
+        state: stopped
+
+    - win_file:
+        path: "C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey\\lib\\{{ beats_flavor }}"
+        state: absent
+
     - name: "{{ beats_flavor }}: Install beat on Windows"
       win_chocolatey:
         name: "{{ beats_flavor }}"
         version: "{{ beats_major_version }}.{{ beats_minor_version }}{{
                       '.' + beats_patch_version | string if beats_minor_version != '*' }}"
         state: latest
+        force: true
 
     - name: "{{ beats_flavor }}: Create config dir on Windows"
       win_file:

tasks/variables.yml

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
     loop_var: _beats__file
   vars:
     files:
-      - "{{ role_path }}/vars/packages/{{ ansible_distribution_release }}.yml"
+      - "{{ role_path }}/vars/packages/{{ ansible_distribution_release | d('') }}.yml"
       - "{{ role_path }}/vars/packages/{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
+      - "{{ role_path }}/vars/main.yml"  # fallback
 # }}}
 # Paths {{{
 - name: "{{ beats_flavor }}: Load default paths"

vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+
+_beats_packages: {}