The filestat plugin gathers metrics about file existence, size, and other stats.
# Read stats about given file(s)
[[inputs.filestat]]
## Files to gather stats about.
## These accept standard unix glob matching rules, but with the addition of
## ** as a "super asterisk". See https://github.com/gobwas/glob.
files = ["/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf", "/var/log/**.log"]
## If true, read the entire file and calculate an md5 checksum.
md5 = false- filestat
- exists (int, 0 | 1)
- size_bytes (int, bytes)
- modification_time (int, unixtime)
- md5 (optional, string)
- All measurements have the following tags:
- file (the path the to file, as specified in the config)
$ telegraf --config /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf --input-filter filestat --test
* Plugin: filestat, Collection 1
> filestat,file=/tmp/foo/bar,host=tyrion exists=0i 1507218518192154351
> filestat,file=/Users/sparrc/ws/telegraf.conf,host=tyrion exists=1i,size=47894i,modification_time=1507152973123456789i 1507218518192154351