[CHUKWA-204] Agent side file expiration/removal

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.2.0
• Component/s: Data Collection, Data Processors
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jerome Boulon
• Created: 30/Apr/09 16:40
• Updated: 02/May/13 02:29

Description

We have a shell script in order to expire files older than x days.
The idea is to move this to ChukwaAgent in order to reduce the number of daemon running and the overall complexity.

This could be done in a background/low priority Cleanup Thread inside the agent.
The input should be a configuration file with:

• path + fileName + regex (similar to the expiration in our Log4J appender)
• number of days (last accessed/modified? date)

The initial version could be as simple as this but a more advanced version will be needed.
The advanced version should be able to track data completeness based on CHUKWA-203 and only remove file that has been completely sent over or generate alerts.

Issue Links

• depends upon: CHUKWA-268 Create an interface to manage all Adaptors