Welcome to Fileagebeat.
Ensure that this folder is at the following location:
${GOPATH}/src/github.com/Ardiea/fileagebeat
- Golang 1.7
To get running with Fileagebeat and also install the dependencies, run the following command:
make setup
It will create a clean git history for each major step. Note that you can always rewrite the history if you wish before pushing your changes.
To push Fileagebeat in the git repository, run the following commands:
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/Ardiea/fileagebeat
git push origin master
For further development, check out the beat developer guide.
To build the binary for Fileagebeat run the command below. This will generate a binary in the same directory with the name fileagebeat.
make
The primary configuration element is a list of input structures as described below.
| onfiguration Element | Type | Description | Required? | Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
fields: |
map | A map of fields that will be added under fields: to every result and document the beat produces |
No | Nil |
inputs: |
List | List of configuration inputs | Yes | Not applicable |
name: |
String | A unique name for the input. | Yes | Not applicable |
paths: |
List of Strings | A list of paths for this input to check. | Yes | Not Applicable |
disable: |
Bool | A boolean for to enable or disable the input. Default is false. | No | false |
period: |
Golang Duration | How often to check the paths. Defaults to 60 seconds | No | 60s |
threshold: |
Golang Duration | A period of time that if the file's age exceeds it it will be considered to be an aging file. | No | 60s |
whiteslist: |
List of Strings | A list of regular expressions that will be tested against discovered filenames. Any file names found that match one of these regular exprssions will be included for consideration in age testing. Whitelist and blacklist are mutually exclusive. | No | Empty List |
blacklist: |
List of Strings | A list of regular expressions that will be tested against discovered filenames. Any file names found that match one of these regular expressions will be excluded from consideration in age testing. Whitelist and blacklist are mutually exclusive. | No | Empty List |
max_depth: |
Integer | A restriction on how deeply into the directory structure of each path to descend. 0 means no restriction. 1 means do not descend into any sub-directories. To prevent unrestricted recursion, 0 == 128. To go deeper than 128 directories specify a value > 128. | No | 128 |
attribute: |
String | Specifies which time attribute to use in age testing. Valid options are mtime, ctime, and atime. |
No | mtime |
heartbeat: |
Bool | Enables a heartbeat message to be sent to the outputs every period. This is useful to know if the monitor is still running. |
No | false |
To run Fileagebeat with debugging output enabled, run:
./fileagebeat -c fileagebeat.yml -e -d "*"
To test Fileagebeat, run the following command:
make testsuite
alternatively:
make unit-tests
make system-tests
make integration-tests
make coverage-report
The test coverage is reported in the folder ./build/coverage/
Each beat has a template for the mapping in elasticsearch and a documentation for the fields
which is automatically generated based on fields.yml by running the following command.
make update
To clean Fileagebeat source code, run the following command:
make fmt
To clean up the build directory and generated artifacts, run:
make clean
To clone Fileagebeat from the git repository, run the following commands:
mkdir -p ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/Ardiea/fileagebeat
git clone https://github.com/Ardiea/fileagebeat ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/Ardiea/fileagebeat
For further development, check out the beat developer guide.
The beat frameworks provides tools to crosscompile and package your beat for different platforms. This requires docker and vendoring as described above. To build packages of your beat, run the following command:
make release
This will fetch and create all images required for the build process. The whole process to finish can take several minutes.