configuration.edn

; A semicolon comments everything until the end of the line.

; Whole configuration is a nested map of key-value pairs. In EDN, map starts by '{' and ends by '}'.

{
  ; Bellow is configuration of all files to be watched.
  :files
    {
      ; Key in the ':files' map is a string denoting file path (relative or absolute),
      ; value is another map containing file-specific options.
      ; Note: On all platforms, it is better to use forward slashes in the file path.

      ; This is a log file in which we are interested in ERROR-level messages only.
      ; Also, the file belongs to file group named "A".
      ; Note that the file groups are completely optional.
      "test/resources/errors.log"
        {
          ; Java regular expression for ERROR-level messages.
          ; An alert is raised when a matching line is found in the file.
          :line-regex "^ERROR.*$"
          ; File group into which this file belongs (Optional key-value pair).
          :file-group "A"

          ; Optional per-file options
          ; Don't rely of reported file size and last modification timestamp. Check the file always.
          ; Note: If this override is enabled, consider making the ":check-interval-ms" higher.
          ;:always-check-override true

          ; Never try to skip bytes that have (supposedly) been read during the last file check. Read the whole file.
          ; Note: If this override is enabled, consider making the ":check-interval-ms" higher.
          ;:never-seek-override true
        }

      ; Configuration of another file to check. This time we are interested also
      ; in WARN-level messages.
      "/home/user/log-watchdog/test/resources/warns.log"
        {
          :line-regex "^(ERROR|WARN).*$"
          :file-group "A"
        }
    }


  ; Application-wide options.

  ; How often should all the files be checked for new alert lines?
  :check-interval-ms 1000
  ; How often can the app show notification when there are alerts with unacknowledged alerts?
  :nagging-interval-ms 60000

}