Monitor files in folder creation date question

[jrosetto]

I'm looking for a way to monitor files inside a folder and get an alert if no new files have been created within 7 days.

I have an incremental backup dumping into a folder using duplicate. Basically it makes one master set of files and then creates incremental files there after.

Is there a way in zabbix to monitor and give an alert if no files have been created in the directory for a set time?

Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Firm]

Use vfs.file.time on folder. It's updated if files are created/deleted.

[jrosetto]

I jumped the gun. Let me start from the beginning.

I am trying to create a low level discovery for any folder in the /home directory and give me the current size of it.

This command gives me what I need but I am having issues converting it into JSON format for LLD

du -h /home -d 1

Output

477M /home/cscrogersdt
240K /home/routerbackup
27G /home/cscjimmylt
285M /home/aaaglass
302M /home/smeadeddt
3.0G /home/csclesdt
21M /home/cscreceptiondt
372M /home/aaamikedt
43G /home/spmbiffdt
1.5G /home/aaatracydt
30M /home/iconcs
30G /home/spmmikedt
858M /home/embdougdt
104G /home


Also I'm not exactly sure what to make the key for the item.

Any ideas?

[Firm]

LLD should be used to automatically create Items, not feeding them with changing values. You need to create Items that represents folders and query agent for size of these folders.

It may looks like this (add to zabbix_agentd.conf e.g.):

# LLD rule
UserParameter=folder.discovery[*],/usr/bin/find $1 -maxdepth $2 -type d| /usr/bin/awk 'BEGIN {first=1; printf "%s","{\"data\":["} {if (first != 1) printf "%s",","; first=0; printf "{\"{#FOLDER_NAME}\":\"%s\"}",$$1} END {print "]}"}'
# Folder size
UserParameter=folder.size[*],/usr/bin/du -bs $1

Create Discovery rule in Zabbix with "folder.discovery[/home,1]" key.

Then create Item prototype with name like "Directory $1 size" and key like "folder.size[{#FOLDER_NAME}]" and type numeric unsigned.

Create Graphs/Triggers if needed.

[jrosetto]

Thanks for the help. Everything is working perfectly. I did have to modify UserParameter=folder.size[*],/usr/bin/du -bs $1 adding | awk { print $ 1 } so it only gets the value. Also the vfs.file.time works great.

Thanks for taking the time, it is greatly appreciated.