Alerting

How to create an email alert if any log file is not updated for 2 days?

ksarode
Explorer

I have created a CSV which contains all the log files that are required. I want to create an alert if any log file is not updated for 2 days.

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rojith
New Member

You can create a new alert using Settings > Searching, report and Alert section.
In the alert Serach, you can write a simple Search to get receive data in regard to the logs for the time frame of 2 days.
In the Alert Trigger Condition, check the Number of Results=0
And set the Trigger Action as Email and give the relevant details for the email alerts..

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This won't scale at all.. What happens when you have 100TB/day deployment with millions of logs you're monitoring?

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This is going to be difficult to maintain. You should checkout MetaWoot instead

https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2949/

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ksarode
Explorer

yup i ll try that but if i want to do it by normal method what query i should use

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Once again, your begging for problems by wanting to do it "the normal way". You will have many false alerts, have to maintain a lookup when adding new sources etc..

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ksarode
Explorer

ok then i ll install the app and will do that

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

MetaWoot can monitor the tsidx files at the host level and make managing this much easier. Please upvote/accept if this answered your question

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