topic Re: sourcetype=tcp-raw in Getting Data In

sourcetype=tcp-raw

pmr — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:45:55 GMT

I'm using a forwarder (regular) to forward TCP input to indexer. The events are being forwarded correctly to the indexer, but for some reason its assigning sourcetype=tcp-raw even though i've specified props and transforms on the indexer. here's my configs :

on forwarder : inputs.conf

[tcp://9996]
disabled = false
connection_host = ip

on forwarder : outputs.conf

[tcpout]
defaultGroup=my_indexer
compressed=false
indexAndForward=false

[tcpout:my_indexer]
compressed=false
server=192.168.77.1:9997

on indexer where props and transforms is occuring : props.conf

[source::tcp:9996]
TRANSFORMS-sourcetyping_testlog = test_log
TRANSFORMS-indexrouting_testlog = testlog_index

and my transforms.conf

[test_log]
DEST_KEY = MetaData:Sourcetype
REGEX = solaris-new
FORMAT = sourcetype::test_newlog

[testlog_index]
DEST_KEY = _MetaData:Index
REGEX = solaris-new
FORMAT = testlog

i didnt want to set sourcetype on forwarder itself using inputs.conf or props/transforms as i wanted to perform all transformations on the indexer. The events are coming thro correctly to the indexer but sourcetype=tcp-raw is being assigned.

can i get some help on this ?

cheers pmr

Re: sourcetype=tcp-raw

willthames — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:18:13 GMT

Looking at http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/4.1.7/admin/Aboutdefaultfields#Methods_Splunk_uses_for_source_type_assignation_and_their_precedence

in props.conf you could have

[source::tcp:9996]
sourcetype=testlog

and that should work

Re: sourcetype=tcp-raw

pmr — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:26:52 GMT

I could have done that, but can't since i'll have events coming in from different devices on the same tcp port which needs different sourcetypes to be set according to regex. so i'll need a transforms.conf to set sourcetype.

curious to know from where tcp-raw sourcetype is being set.

Re: sourcetype=tcp-raw

Andreux — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:40:47 GMT

"tcp-raw" is the default sourcetype for a source::tcp (RAW TCP) input, so any transforms are not matching the data.