Alerting

set the alert to check file update or not

ajaynaralikar
New Member

Hi ,

I have to set alert the for below w requirement.
There is one file is present in my application and it is update continuously. So I have send the email alert when file is not update for 5 min. Is it possible in splunk?

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HiroshiSatoh
Champion

I think that it is good to acquire the audit event periodically using ”fschange”.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/6.6.3/Data/Monitorchangestoyourfilesystem
※pollPeriod=N

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ajaynaralikar
New Member

Hi ,

I didn't understand the document. Also I don't have the splunk server access so I can't check inputs.conf.file .
Is it possible through dashboard or custom search query.

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