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How do I index only my application data from windows event logs?

madhufuture — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 23:45:49 GMT

Hi,

I have an application ABC. From application ABC , I'm writing my logs to Windows Application Event logs. I want to index only my ABC application logs, not complete my windows event logs.

Could you please help me figure out how I can index specific application event logs?

Re: How do I index only my application data from windows event logs?

HiroshiSatoh — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 04:20:04 GMT

You can filter by setting a unique event ID in the application log.

inputs.conf:　whitelist
Whether to index events that match the specified text string. This attribute is optional.
You can specify one of two formats:

One or more Event Log event codes or event IDs (Event Code/ID format.)
One or more sets of keys and regular expressions (Advanced filtering format.)

Re: How do I index only my application data from windows event logs?

DalJeanis — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:27:12 GMT

Basically, when you are writing out your application logs, you need to mark them in some way so that they can be easily identified.

Then, you blacklist all incoming events, and whitelist only those that match your application logs.

Re: How do I index only my application data from windows event logs?

mstjohn_splunk — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:11:07 GMT

hi @madhufuture,

Did either of the answers below solve your problem? If so, please resolve this post by approving one of them.
If your problem is still not solved, keep us updated so that someone else can help ya.

Thanks for posting!

Re: How do I index only my application data from windows event logs?

madhufuture — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 22:38:55 GMT

Perfect!! Thanks for your help