Creating an Ignore List

Ignore lists enable you to exclude specific files and file paths from being scanned and transferred by CloudSoda jobs and policies.

Important Considerations

• Ignore lists differ from CloudSoda rules excluding files as ignore lists prevent files from being initially scanned, which occurs before CloudSoda rules are applied.
• Ignore lists use the gitignore syntax.
• You do not need to define an ignore list to create a Quick Transfer or a policy.

1. Click Orchestration > Policies in the left-hand navigation panel.
   The Policies page displays.  
   
   
2. Click the policy you to want to add an ignore list to. 
   The selected policy's dialog box displays and defaults to the Details tab.
   
   
3. Click Rules.
   
   
4. Click Set Ignore.
   
   An example ignore list is shown below:
   
   
   NOTE: The default ignore list is empty. The ignore list shown above is only an example and does not impact policies.
   
   
5. Create an ignore list containing the files and directories to skip during scans. 

Ignore List Examples

Here are example formats for several common types of ignore lists:

• Default Ignore List (Recommended)
• Ignoring a Directory, but Including a Subdirectory
• Windows Auto-Generated Files
• Linux Auto-Generated Files
• MacOS Auto-Generated Files
• OneFS Auto-Generated Files

Default Ignore List (Recommended)

# Provide a list of patterns to apply to skip particular directories and files
# Comments and whitespace will be removed upon clicking Accept, but are inline below to explain common patterns

# Ignore common OS generated files
.DS_store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
Thumbs.db

# Ignore all log files
*.log

# Ignore all files that can be found in a directory called temp
temp/

# Ignore all .tmp files under backup/ regardless of how deeply nested they are
backup/**/*.tmp

Ignoring a Directory, but Including a Subdirectory

# Ignore all files and directories in /data/test
/data/test/*

# Do not ignore anything in /data/test/relevant
!/data/test/relevant/
!/data/test/relevant/**

# Ensure parent directories are not ignored
!/data/
!/data/test/

Windows Auto-Generated Files

# Windows image file caches
Thumbs.db
ehthumbs.db

# Folder config file
Desktop.ini

# Recycle Bin used on file shares
$RECYCLE.BIN/

# Windows shortcuts
*.lnk

# Windows error reports
*.dmp
*.mdmp

# Windows specific logs
*.log

# Windows Installer files
*.cab
*.msi
*.msm
*.msp

# Windows temporary files
*.tmp
*.temp

# Windows hibernation file
hiberfil.sys

# Windows page file
pagefile.sys

# Windows System Volume Information
System Volume Information/

# Windows Backup and Restore files
*.bak
*.wbk
*.bak2

Linux Auto-Generated Files

# Temporary files created by the system
*.log
*.pid
*.seed
*.backup

# Lock files
*.lock

# Trash directory which might appear on some Linux distributions
.Trash-*

# Thumbnail cache files
.thumbnails/

# KDE directory preferences
.directory

# Gnome directory preferences
.gnome/
.gnome2/
.gconf/
.gconfd/
.metacity/
.nautilus/
.cache/
.config/
.local/
.pki/

# Virtualenv
venv/
ENV/
env.bak/
env/

# pip cache
__pycache__/

# Jupyter Notebook checkpoints
.ipynb_checkpoints/

# Compiled source files
*.o
*.out
*.a
*.so

# Shared object files
*.dll
*.so
*.dylib

# CTags
tags

# Compiled Dynamic Libraries
*.dll
*.so
*.dylib

# Backup files
*.bak
*.swp
*.swo

# Minimized and debug files
*.min.js
*.map

# Pytest
.cache
pytest_cache/
.tox/

# JetBrains IDEs
.idea/
*.iml
*.iws
.idea/misc.xml
.idea/modules.xml
.idea/workspace.xml
.idea/tasks.xml
.idea/dictionaries
.idea/vcs.xml

# VS Code
.vscode/
.history/

MacOS Auto-Generated Files

# General macOS files
.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
.idea
*.swp
*.swo
.fseventsd
.vscode/

# macOS specific files
.AppleDouble
.LSOverride

# macOS folder attributes
Icon?
._.Icon?
._*

# Thumbnails
._*.jpg
._*.png
._*.gif

# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
.DocumentRevisions-V100
.TemporaryItems
.apdisk

# Finder directory attributes
.fseventsd
.VolumeIcon.icns
Network Trash Folder
Temporary Items
.apdisk

# macOS cache files
.Cache
.localized
.DS_Store

OneFS Auto-Generated Files

# OneFS specific files and directories

# InsightIQ performance monitoring data
.isilon/insightiq/

# Isilon cluster logs
/ifs/.ifsvar/

# Isilon snapshot directories
/.snapshot/
.snapshot/

# OneFS SmartQuotas
/ifs/quota/

# OneFS antivirus quarantine directories
/ifs/.quarantine/

# OneFS SyncIQ replication directories
/ifs/.isi_sync/

# OneFS SmartPools
/ifs/.ifssmartpool/

# OneFS deduplication and data reduction directories
/ifs/.ifscache/
.ifsvar/tmp/

# OneFS NFS specific files
.nfs*

# Common system files
*.log
*.bak
*.old
*.swp

# Temporary files
*.tmp
*.temp