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5.2. Adding a Drift Definition for a Resource

Important

The directories where drift detection is being run cannot be changed after the definition is created. Be careful to get the base directory and the included and excluded files properly configured before saving.
  1. Click the Inventory tab in the top menu.
  2. Select the resource type in the Resources menu table on the left, and then browse or search for the resource.
  3. Open the Drift tab for the resource.
  4. Click the New at the bottom to add a new definition.
  5. Select the template to use to as the basis for the new definition.
    Plug-in defined templates are defined in the platform and JBoss server resources, as well as any other resource which supports drift monitoring. Additional, user-defined templates can be also be created and applied.
  6. Give a unique name to the definition. The name and the base directory are combined to identify the definition within JBoss ON.
  7. Define the settings for the definition, like the interval and whether it is associated with the template. The properties are listed in Table 3, “Drift Definition Properties”.
  8. Set the base directory. This is the top-most directory where drift detection is run for the definition, and the scan recourses down.
    The template itself defines an initial directory, but it may be useful to set a more specific directory to use.
  9. Click the button with the green plus (+) sign to add a subdirectory to include or exclude. The directory can be the base directory by specifying a period (.) as the directory. The pattern identifies which files within the directory to recognize by the service, either to explicitly include or explicitly exclude.
    The filters support Ant-like FilePatterns, using a path and pattern. The patterns support asterisks (*) as wildcards for any number of characters and question marks (?) for single character wild cards. For example, **/*.conf can be used to include only .conf files in any subdirectory.
    There can be multiple include/exclude filters. Each directory and pattern can be added separately.

Table 3. Drift Definition Properties

Property Description
Name A name for the drift detection definition. The name and the base directory, together, uniquely identify the definition.
Base Directory: Value Context The type of configuration property which is used to identify the base directory. This identifies what type of element in the resource supplies the value. There are four options:
  • File system, which is simply an absolute directory path on the resource. This directory must exist for drift to work.
  • Resource configuration, which is a configuration property defined for the resource.
  • Trait, which is one of the monitored traits for that resource.
  • Plug-in configuration property, which is a property defined in the resource plug-in.
Base Directory: Value Name The actual value for the drift detection definition to use for the base directory context. For example, if this is a file system context, then the value name is the directory path.
Includes Explicitly includes directories, files, or files and directories matching a pattern, relative to the base directory, in the drift detection.
The filters support Ant-like FilePatterns, using a path and pattern. The patterns support asterisks (*) as wildcards for any number of characters and question marks (?) for single character wild cards.
If a pattern is used, then a path must be specified, even if the path is the base directory. For example, to include only .conf files in the base directory, the pattern is *.conf and the path is a period (.) to indicate the local directory.
Excludes Explicitly excludes directories, files, or files and directories matching a pattern, relative to the base directory, from the drift detection.
The filters support Ant-like FilePatterns, using a path and pattern. The patterns support asterisks (*) as wildcards for any number of characters and question marks (?) for single character wild cards.
If a pattern is used, then a path must be specified, even if the path is the base directory. For example, to include only .conf files in the base directory, the pattern is *.conf and the path is a period (.) to indicate the local directory.
Enabled Enables or disables the definition. Disabling a definition means that no detection scans are run.
Interval Sets the frequency, in seconds, where the definition is eligible for a detection run. This is not a hard setting. Because load or other scheduled operations for the agent, the detection run is not guaranteed to run at the specified interval.
Pinned Sets whether drift is determined in a rolling way or if it is associated (pinned) with a baseline snapshot. If this is set when the definition is created, then the initial snapshot is used as the baseline.
Definitions attached to a pinned template cannot be unpinned. Definitions which are attached to an unpinned template or which are not attached to a template can be pinned or unpinned freely.
Drift Handling Mode Sets whether drift changes are treated as events which trigger an alert (the default) or as expected, so that no alerts are triggered.
Attached to Template Sets whether the resource-level definition is subordinate to a template. If it is attached to a template, then any changes to the template are reflected in the resource definition, including if the template is deleted.
By default, definitions are attached to the template from which they are created.
Description A simple text description of the definition.