Method Reload

daemon/rule/loader.go:90–118

Reload loads rules from the specified path, deleting existing loaded rules from memory.

(path string)

// Reload loads rules from the specified path, deleting existing loaded
// rules from memory.
func (l *Loader) Reload(path string) error {
	if path == "" {
		path = DefaultPath
	}
	log.Info("rules.Loader.Reload(): %s", path)

	// check that the new path exists before reloading
	if core.Exists(path) == false {
		return fmt.Errorf("The new path '%s' does not exist", path)
	}

	// stop monitors
	if l.isLiveReloadRunning() {
		l.stopLiveReload <- struct{}{}
	}
	if l.watcher != nil {
		l.watcher.Remove(l.Path)
	}
	for _, r := range l.rules {
		l.cleanListsRule(r)
	}

	// then delete the rules, and reload everything
	l.Lock()
	l.activeRules = make([]string, 0)
	l.rules = make(map[string]*Rule)
	l.Unlock()
	return l.Load(path)
}

// Load loads rules files from disk.
func (l *Loader) Load(path string) error {