1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/vsphere/discover.go b/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/vsphere/discover.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ea0a4d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/vsphere/discover.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+package vsphere
+
+func (vs *VSphere) goDiscovery() {
+	if vs.discoveryTask != nil {
+		vs.discoveryTask.stop()
+	}
+	vs.Infof("starting discovery process, will do discovery every %s", vs.DiscoveryInterval)
+
+	job := func() {
+		err := vs.discoverOnce()
+		if err != nil {
+			vs.Errorf("error on discovering : %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	vs.discoveryTask = newTask(job, vs.DiscoveryInterval.Duration())
+}
+
+func (vs *VSphere) discoverOnce() error {
+	res, err := vs.Discover()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	vs.collectionLock.Lock()
+	vs.resources = res
+	vs.collectionLock.Unlock()
+
+	return nil
+}