Don-cloud / linuxfoldermonitor

Monitor your linux folder for events and take action when the event occurs

README

A small, simple yet powerful script which will watch a folder (or folders recursively) and move the incoming file with png extension to Azure blob storage.

What is this repository for?

• This script servers as an example of use case where you need to monitor a folder for incoming files and perform "action" on them. For example, you may need to create thumbnails for any image uploaded by a website user.

How do I get set up?

• To set this up and running is pretty easy. Once you have the code, install the depency packages and you are good to go!

• Configuration

  • Edit src/process.sh and set the variable to POST file to the azure destination

   CONTAINER_URL="<your azure container URL+SAS token>";
  

• Dependencies

  • Install inotify-tools

  sudo apt-get install inotify-tools
  

  • Install azcopy azure utility

• Deployment instructions

  • start monitoring the folder

  sh startmonitoring.sh
  

  Note that you can start monitoring using the inoticoming command as a daemon also. Once any file ending wiht png extension comes to incoming folder, it will be copied to the azure blob storage and then moved to processed folder.

Contribution guidelines

• Writing tests
• Code review
• Other guidelines

Who do I talk to?

• Repo owner or admin
• Other community or team contact