Method load

elastalert/loaders.py:99–131

Discover and load all the rules as defined in the conf and args. :param dict conf: Configuration dict :param dict args: Arguments dict :return: List of rules :rtype: list

(self, conf, args=None)

        self.base_config = copy.deepcopy(conf)

    def load(self, conf, args=None):
        """
        Discover and load all the rules as defined in the conf and args.
        :param dict conf: Configuration dict
        :param dict args: Arguments dict
        :return: List of rules
        :rtype: list
        """
        names = []
        use_rule = None if args is None else args.rule

        # Load each rule configuration file
        rules = []
        rule_files = self.get_names(conf, use_rule)
        for rule_file in rule_files:
            try:
                rule = self.load_configuration(rule_file, conf, args)
                # A rule failed to load, don't try to process it
                if not rule:
                    logging.error('Invalid rule file skipped: %s' % rule_file)
                    continue
                # By setting "is_enabled: False" in rule file, a rule is easily disabled
                if 'is_enabled' in rule and not rule['is_enabled']:
                    continue
                if rule['name'] in names:
                    raise EAException('Duplicate rule named %s' % (rule['name']))
            except EAException as e:
                raise EAException('Error loading file %s: %s' % (rule_file, e))

            rules.append(rule)
            names.append(rule['name'])

        return rules

    def get_names(self, conf, use_rule=None):
        """