From 4243a7f5eea20345c61731c51e9eeb734b9f2552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Nellemann <mark.nellemann@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:00:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] In base-process - skip short-lived processed to not clutter
 the influx database.

---
 .../java/sysmon/plugins/os_base/BaseProcessExtension.java  | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugins/os-base/src/main/java/sysmon/plugins/os_base/BaseProcessExtension.java b/plugins/os-base/src/main/java/sysmon/plugins/os_base/BaseProcessExtension.java
index e6e9317..cfdf84a 100644
--- a/plugins/os-base/src/main/java/sysmon/plugins/os_base/BaseProcessExtension.java
+++ b/plugins/os-base/src/main/java/sysmon/plugins/os_base/BaseProcessExtension.java
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ public class BaseProcessExtension implements MetricExtension {
         add("influxd");
     }};
 
+    private final long minUptimeInSeconds = 300;
     private SystemInfo systemInfo;
 
+
     @Override
     public boolean isEnabled() {
         return enabled;
@@ -82,6 +84,11 @@ public class BaseProcessExtension implements MetricExtension {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // Skip short-lived processes
+            if(p.getUpTime() < (minUptimeInSeconds * 1000)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             String name = p.getName();
             if(!includeList.contains(name)) {
                 continue;