Resource Type: nimsoft_dirscan

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/nimsoft_dirscan.rb

Providers:

nimsoft

Overview

The ‘dirscan` probe can be used to the number of files in a directory or the size of files. The `nimsoft_dirscan` type can be used to configure a profile for the `dirscan` probe.

Example:

nimsoft_dirscan { 'Oracle alertlog size':
  ensure      => present,
  active      => yes,
  description => 'monitors the alertlog of oracle instance PROD',
  directory   => '/u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/prod/PROD/trace',
  pattern     => 'alert_PROD.log',
  recurse     => no,
  direxists   => yes,
  size        => '< 50M'
  size_type   => individual
}

Properties

• active

  Described if the profile is active. Can be either ‘yes` or `no`

  Supported values:

  • yes
  • no
• description

  A short description about the profile

• directory
• direxists

  Should an alarm be triggered if the directory does not exist?. Can be either ‘yes` or `no`

  Supported values:

  • yes
  • no
• direxists_action

  A command that should be executed if the directory does not exist

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent
• nofiles

  Describes the expected number of files. Can be of the form ‘> 10`, `< 5`, `<= 3`, `>= 3`, or `= 10`

• nofiles_action

  A command to run when the number of files do not match

• pattern

  The pattern can be a single filename or a regular expression to match multiple files

• recurse
  Supported values:

  • yes
  • no
• size

  The expected size of a file. Can be of the form ‘> 10M`, `< 20K`, `>= 6G`, `3M`

• size_action

  The command to run when the size does not match

• size_type

  Specifies if the expected size should be considered for individual files, the smallest file or the largest file

  Supported values:

  • individual
  • smallest
  • largest

Parameters

• name (namevar)

  name of the profile

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘nimsoft_dirscan` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.