MONITOR DISK USAGE WITH POWERSHELL LANGUAGE

Monitor high disk usage in your PowerShell application

When it comes to developing applications in the realm of Powershell, managing persistent data is a recurring necessity. This can take various forms, such as handling JSON, CSV, or text files on local disks, uploading files to cloud storage solutions like S3 or Google Cloud Storage, or storing data in databases like MongoDB or MySQL. Irrespective of the method chosen, the utilization of disk storage is a pivotal factor for Powershell applications and has a substantial impact on the user experience.

Hence, it's imperative to implement robust disk usage monitoring for Powershell applications, whether they are operating in a local environment or residing in the cloud. The significance of this lies in the fact that exceeding a certain disk usage threshold can lead to application crashes and unavailability, resulting in substantial revenue loss and a compromised user experience.

Enter Palzin Track, a potent event tracking tool seamlessly integrated with Powershell. Palzin Track simplifies the process of tracking crucial events in Powershell applications in real time. An exemplary use case for Palzin Track involves real-time tracking of disk usage, coupled with the ability to establish alert rules that promptly notify your team when disk usage surpasses predefined thresholds. This proactive approach ensures continuous performance awareness, enabling immediate corrective action when necessary.

Connect Palzin Track to PowerShell

Setting up Palzin Track

1. Sign up for a free Palzin Track account.
2. Create your first project from the dashboard.
3. Head to settings and copy your API token.

PowerShell code snippets

Use the following code to connect Palzin Track to your PowerShell application and track disk usage: Please replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN with your API token and update the project and channel names.

Using PowerShell with RestMethod

$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary\[\[String\],\[String\]\]"  


$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")  


$headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")  


$body = "{`"project`":`"my-project`",`"channel`":`"status`",`"event`":`"High Disk Usage`",`"description`":`"The disk usage is high.`",`"icon`":`"💾`",`"notify`":true}"  


$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://api.palzin.live/v1/log' -Method 'POST' -Headers $headers -Body $body  


$response | ConvertTo-Json

PowerShell integration details

In addition to real-time event tracking, Palzin Track provides powerful features such as cross-platform push notifications, event filtering, user and product journeys, charts, insights, and more. Via Palzin Track, you can get better insight into your PowerShell application and track anything important all in one place and in real time.

We strive to make event tracking simple and accessible to every developer and team. Therefore, we have worked hard to create the next generation of event tracking tools. As a result, Palzin Track is flexible and easy to use, making it a great companion for your PowerShell applications.

Other use-cases for Palzin Track

1. Monitor your CI/CD build status for your PowerShell application
2. Monitor your CPU usage in your PowerShell application
3. Monitor when database goes down in your PowerShell application
4. Monitor when a user changes their email address in your PowerShell application
5. Monitor failed logins in your PowerShell application
6. Monitor failed payments for your PowerShell application
7. Monitor memory usage in your PowerShell application
8. Monitor MySQL downtime in your PowerShell application
9. Monitor when a new feature is used in your PowerShell application
10. Monitor your Postgres downtime in your PowerShell application
11. Monitor Redis downtime in your PowerShell application
12. Monitor suspicious activity in your PowerShell application
13. Monitor when a user exceeds the usage limit for your PowerShell service
14. Monitor when a user is being rate limited in your PowerShell application
15. Get a notification when your PowerShell code is done executing
16. Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using PowerShell
17. Track canceled subscriptions in your PowerShell application
18. Track your PowerShell cron jobs
19. Track when a file is uploaded to your PowerShell application
20. Track when a form is submitted to your PowerShell application
21. Track payment events via PowerShell
22. Track user sign in events in PowerShell
23. Monitor user signup events via PowerShell
24. Track waitlist signup events via PowerShell