topic Re: How can I override an index name based on sourcetype? in Getting Data In

How can I override an index name based on sourcetype?

rphillips_splk — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:22:35 GMT

I want to override the index name of my events (assigned at the forwarder) with a new index name based on sourcetype.

Re: How can I override an index name based on sourcetype?

rphillips_splk — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:23:31 GMT

This can be done at the heavy forwarder or indexer:

On your indexer or heavy forwarder:

# etc/system/local/transforms.conf 
[overrideindex]
DEST_KEY =_MetaData:Index
REGEX = .
FORMAT = my_new_index


#etc/system/local/props.conf 
[mysourcetype]
TRANSFORMS-index = overrideindex

Re: How can I override an index name based on sourcetype?

rphillips_splk — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 23:24:59 GMT

you must have the index already configured on the indexers in indexes.conf before sending events to the new index.

Re: How can I override an index name based on sourcetype?

shan_santosh — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:26:30 GMT

Can I do this based on specific host name, if yes, how?

Re: How can I override an index name based on sourcetype?

MuS — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 20:53:16 GMT

Greetings from the future ...

Yes, you can specify a host name to be used in props.conf see the docs for more details https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Propsconf#GLOBAL_SETTINGS

cheers, MuS