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

Follow the instructions below to install and configure this check for an Agent running on a host. For containerized environments, see the Autodiscovery Integration Templates for guidance on applying these instructions.

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

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:
       - directory: "/path/to/directory" # the only required option
         name: "my_monitored_dir"        # What the Agent will tag this directory's metrics with. Defaults to "directory"
         pattern: "*.log"                # defaults to "*" (all files)
         recursive: True                 # default False
         countonly: False                # set to True to only collect the number of files matching 'pattern'. Useful for very large directories.
         ignore_missing: False           # set to True to not raise exceptions on missing or inaccessible directories

   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.

The Directory check can potentially emit custom metrics, which may impact your billing.

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

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

The Directory check does not include any events.

The Directory check does not include any service checks.

Need help? Contact Datadog support.