Nextcloud integration: nextcloud_storage_num_files

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I wonder, if someone uses the nextcloud integration.
When I have a look at the nextcloud_storage_num_files sensor, it reports a much bigger number than a linux file count (ls -FR data | grep -v / | wc -l) in the nextcloud base directory.

Any ideas what this sensor reports?

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you’re lucky… tried to let it work in general for weeks without success… Give it up…
Every time got error that integration was not correct

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The integration itself was setup straight forward. But the sensors…
From my point of view most of them are not very useful… Maybe except the num_shares-group.

I tried a bit with some sql and command line sensors. Maybe that’s something:

#================================
#=== Monitoring Nextcloud 
#================================
- platform: sql
  db_url: !secret nextcloud_db_url
  scan_interval: 3600              # Aktualisieren jede Stunde
  queries:
    - name: 'Nextcloud Database size'
      query: 'SELECT table_schema "ncdb", Round(Sum(data_length + index_length) / 1048576, 0) "value" FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema="ncdb" GROUP BY table_schema;'
      column: 'value'
      unit_of_measurement: MB

- platform: command_line
  scan_interval: 3600              # Aktualisieren jede Stunde
  name: Nextcloud Files Size
  command: "du -ms /nextcloud/userid/files | cut -f1"
  unit_of_measurement: 'GB'
  value_template: '{{ (value | float) / 1024 }}'

- platform: command_line
  scan_interval: 3600              # Aktualisieren jede Stunde
  name: Nextcloud Files
  command: "ls -aFR /nextcloud/userid/files | grep -v / | grep -v ^$ | wc -l"
  value_template: '{{ value | int }}'

- platform: command_line
  scan_interval: 43200             # Aktualisieren 2 mal am Tag
  name: Nextcloud Thumbnails Size
  command: "du -ms /nextcloud/appdata_xyz4711/preview | cut -f1"
  command_timeout: 30
  unit_of_measurement: 'GB'
  value_template: '{{ (value | float) / 1024 }}'
      
- platform: command_line
  scan_interval: 43200             # Aktualisieren 2 mal am Tag
  name: Nextcloud Thumbnails
  command: "ls -aFR /nextcloud/appdata_xyz4711/preview | grep -v / | grep -v ^$ | wc -l"
  command_timeout: 30
  value_template: '{{ value | int }}'
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Good inspirations. I´m currently thinking of making a “Nextcloud update available” sensor and I have two ideas for that - but that´s another topic.

For me the nextcloud_storage_num_files is working from the beginning. Only had some struggles after a NC version update, but according to Number of files missing · Issue #314 · nextcloud/serverinfo · GitHub there´s a workaround for that.