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Directory Actions

Sometimes people want to use OliveTin to run standard commands on a directory, such a cleaning out a directory of logs.

Config file

This is a quick and simple way to build actions based on directories.

/etc/OliveTin/config.yaml

actions:
  - title: check log directory
    hidden: true
    shell: |
      function addDirectory {
        COUNT=$(ls -l $1 | wc -l)
        echo "- directory: $1" >> /etc/OliveTin/entities/directories.yaml
        echo "  count: $COUNT" >> /etc/OliveTin/entities/directories.yaml
      }

      truncate -s 0 /etc/OliveTin/entities/directories.yaml
      addDirectory /var/log/
      addDirectory /home/xconspirisist/logs
    execOnStartup: true
    execOnCron: "* * * * *"

  - title: clean {{ log_directory.directory }} ({{log_directory.count }} files)
    shell: |
      echo "Removing all files in {{ log_directory.directory }}"
    entity: log_directory

entities:
  - name: log_directory
    file: /etc/OliveTin/entities/directories.yaml

dashboards:
  - title: Log Actions
    contents:
      - entity: log_directory
        type: fieldset
        contents:
          - title: clean {{ log_directory.directory }} ({{log_directory.count }} files)