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Directory Check

Overview

Capture metrics from directories and files of your choosing. The Agent collects:

  • Number of files
  • File size
  • Age of the last modification
  • Age of the creation

Setup

Installation

The Directory check is included in the Datadog Agent package, so you don't need to install anything else on your server.

Configuration

  1. Edit the directory.d/conf.yaml file, in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent's configuration directory to start collecting Directory performance data. See the sample directory.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

    init_config:
    
    instances:
      ## @param directory - string - required
      ## The directory to monitor. On windows, please make sure you escape back-slashes otherwise the YAML
      ## parser fails (eg. - directory: "C:\\Users\\foo\\Downloads").
      #
      - directory: "<DIRECTORY_PATH>"

    Ensure that the user running the Agent process (usually datadog-agent) has read access to the directories, subdirectories, and files you configure.

    Note: On Windows when you add your directory, use double-backslashes C:\\path\\to\\directory instead of single-backslashes C:\path\to\directory for the check to run. Otherwise, the directory check fails with traceback ending in the error: found unknown escape character in "<string>".

  2. Restart the Agent.

Validation

Run the Agent's status subcommand and look for directory under the Checks section.

Data Collected

Metrics

See metadata.csv for a list of metrics provided by this integration.

Events

The Directory check does not include any events.

Service Checks

See service_checks.json for a list of service checks provided by this integration.

Troubleshooting

When running the check against very large directories and recursion is set to true, be aware that is an intensive operation on the I/O and CPU. The default check frequency, every 15 seconds, may need to be adjusted.

For example, if there is a directory with 15,000 files and sub-directories, and the check runs 30-40 seconds with high CPU usage, if you do not set up less frequent check frequency, the check with high CPU runs effectively and continuously.

Need help? Contact Datadog support.