Read From File Fails

[ligal2]

It seems that vector fails to read from a file but I do not get any error message. Can someone help me figure this out?

My config file looks like this:
[sources.file_logs]
type = "file"
data_dir = "/etc/vector/var/"
include = ["C:/src/vectorSample/data/*.log"]

[sinks.output]
type = "console"
inputs = [ 'file_logs' ]
encoding.codec = "json"

When I run vector, it writes the following output and do not make any progress even if run for few hours:
2023-06-27T12:33:27.720525Z INFO vector::app: Log level is enabled. level="vector=info,codec=info,vrl=info,file_source=info,tower_limit=trace,rdkafka=info,buffers=info,lapin=info,kube=info"
2023-06-27T12:33:27.725498Z INFO vector::app: Loading configs. paths=["/etc/vector/vector.toml"]
2023-06-27T12:33:27.741504Z INFO vector::topology::running: Running healthchecks.
2023-06-27T12:33:27.741622Z INFO vector: Vector has started. debug="false" version="0.30.0" arch="x86_64" revision="38c3f0b 2023-05-22 17:38:48.655488673"
2023-06-27T12:33:27.741635Z INFO vector::app: API is disabled, enable by setting api.enabled to true and use commands like vector top.
2023-06-27T12:33:27.741623Z INFO vector::topology::builder: Healthcheck passed.
2023-06-27T12:33:27.745869Z INFO source{component_kind="source" component_id=file_logs component_type=file component_name=file_logs}: vector::sources::file: Starting file server. include=["C:/src/vectorSample/data/*.log"] exclude=[]
2023-06-27T12:33:27.754018Z INFO source{component_kind="source" component_id=file_logs component_type=file component_name=file_logs}:file_server: file_source::checkpointer: Loaded checkpoint data.

[jszwedko]

Hi @ligal2 !

What makes you think it failed to read from a file? The logs you shared here makes it seem like Vector didn't read from any files which probably indicates either no files matched the configured glob pattern or that Vector lacked the permissions to list them.

[ligal2]

Hi @jszwedko
First, I've verified that path contains files that match the pattern.
I've suspected that this is something to do with permissions. How can I check what permissions vector has over the directory ? And on the same breath, if it will lack the permissions, what is the way to give it permissions ?

[dsmith3197]

See the docs for ways to handle file permissions.