Filenotify

Filenotify is a binary tools for monitoring filesystem modification and store event in influxdb.

Donwload

• You can download binary from this link : filenotify.tar.gz
• You can download compilable sources : filenotify-src.tar.gz

Installation

Use Make to build and install the binarny

libtoolize
autoreconf
automake --add-missing
./configure 

make && sudo make install

Exemple of usage 

Idea 1 : A Influx/Grafana dashboard of file status

With filenotify daemon, you can store file's presence status in influxdb (and time) to build Grafana dashboard. The goal is to visualise file in directory whitout accessing to server, and keep file modification timestamp.

Idea 2 : A sftp proxy gateway

Filenotify can watch directory and bounce each receive file to an other server. This is usefull when final server is behind a firewall.

graph TB
  subgraph "Intranet"
  FileBoucer[File Bouncer DMZ] --> BuisnessServer[Buisness Server]
  end

  subgraph "Internet"
  RemoteFileSender -. Firewall .-> FileBoucer
  end

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Idea 3 : A clamav live scan agent

TODO : Filenotify can watch directory and call clamav on each file writing.

General usage

bin/filenotify -c filenotify.config -d

Filenotify will listen kernel's inotify event to do some stuff when file creating or deleting. He can store event in influxdb database or log it in a logfile. But he can also lauch a shell script.

graph TB

  SubGraph1 --> SubGraph1Flow

  subgraph "InfluxDB"
  SubGraph1Flow(Http interface)
  SubGraph1Flow --> Database
  end

  subgraph "FileNotify"
  kernel[Inotify Kernel Event] --> daemon[Filenotify daemon]
  daemon --> SubGraph1[Module influxdb]
  daemon --> mlog[Module log]
  mlog --> log[logfile]
  daemon --> mexec[Module exec]
  mexec --> bash[Bash command]
  end

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Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

GNU