Webhook when a file changed

[Ram Freedman]

Hi,
Is there a way to send an alert by webhook or email when a certain file is updated / changed?

I have a file that I need to know immediately when it's updated / changed so I can upload a fixed version of him.
If there is a way to automatically upload another version any time this file is changed - it's will be awesome, but if not getting an alert by webhook or by email that something happened to the file and that I should fix it - will also be superb.

So - Is there a way to get a Webhook when a specific file is changed?

Thanks!
Ram

 

[cPRex]

Hey there! I don't know about the webhook side of things, but Linux has the auditd system built-in. We have a guide at the following link that explains how the tool works and gives an example of how to watch for changes to a file:

Auditd - The Linux Auditing System

Introduction The auditd utility can be a valuable tool for monitoring what's happening on your Linux server. It integrates with the kernel to monitor system calls that the system makes. In this g...

support.cpanel.net

I'd start there and see if that will do what you're looking for.

 

[Ram Freedman]

Hey there! I don't know about the webhook side of things, but Linux has the auditd system built-in. We have a guide at the following link that explains how the tool works and gives an example of how to watch for changes to a file:

Auditd - The Linux Auditing System

Introduction The auditd utility can be a valuable tool for monitoring what's happening on your Linux server. It integrates with the kernel to monitor system calls that the system makes. In this g...

support.cpanel.net

I'd start there and see if that will do what you're looking for.

Dear cPRex
Thanks for the lead.

As far as I can see from the link you provided (Thanks for that!) to use the Linux Auditing System I should install it, restart the server, create a permanent rule in /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules file and finally manually search the audit logs of the result.

I'm looking for a way to get the information pushed to an email address (if not directly to a webhook) as soon as the trigger I set will occur - and I don't think there is such an option while using the Auditing System (even if I found a way to set a rule for a specific file size change - because I want the trigger to be only when a specific file size will change).

I found a way to do something similar - using the lfd Directory File Watching as mentioned here and also mentioned here.
I configured the relevant email address as described here - and I started getting the email alerts - The problem is that I get such an alert every 5 minutes regardless if the file was changed or not....

Is there a way to get an alert only when there is a change in the file size?

Thanks!
Ram

 

[cPRex]

I'm glad you found a good solution. cPanel doesn't control LFD, but reading through their documentation I'm not finding a way to change that behavior. You might want to reach out to their team at Technical Support to see if they are aware of this, or to submit a feature request to them.

 

[Ram Freedman]

I'm glad you found a good solution. cPanel doesn't control LFD, but reading through their documentation I'm not finding a way to change that behavior. You might want to reach out to their team at Technical Support to see if they are aware of this, or to submit a feature request to them.

I will do that.
Thanks!