alertmanager/config/watcher.go

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package config

import (
	"github.com/prometheus/log"
	"gopkg.in/fsnotify.v0"
)

type ReloadCallback func(*Config)

type Watcher interface {
	Watch(c ReloadCallback)
}

type fileWatcher struct {
	fileName string
}

func NewFileWatcher(fileName string) *fileWatcher {
	return &fileWatcher{
		fileName: fileName,
	}
}

func (w *fileWatcher) Watch(cb ReloadCallback) {
	watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	err = watcher.WatchFlags(w.fileName, fsnotify.FSN_MODIFY)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	for {
		select {
		case ev := <-watcher.Event:
			log.Infof("Config file changed (%s), attempting reload", ev)
			conf, err := LoadFromFile(w.fileName)
			if err != nil {
				log.Error("Error loading new config: ", err)
				failedConfigReloads.Inc()
			} else {
				cb(&conf)
				log.Info("Config reloaded successfully")
				configReloads.Inc()
			}
			// Re-add the file watcher since it can get lost on some changes. E.g.
			// saving a file with vim results in a RENAME-MODIFY-DELETE event
			// sequence, after which the newly written file is no longer watched.
			err = watcher.WatchFlags(w.fileName, fsnotify.FSN_MODIFY)
		case err := <-watcher.Error:
			log.Error("Error watching config: ", err)
		}
	}
}