Hi Splunkers,
How do I calculate the logging frequency of my index=xxx sourcetype=yyy host=zzz?
Explanation: I have a different set of logs which sends logs with different frequency, some of them send every minute/hour and some of them send the logs once a day. so basically logging frequency is not fixed, it's dynamic.
I'm trying to find out a way to alert if a particular index=xxx sourcetype=yyy host=zzz stops sending logs, I want a dynamic way of calculating the frequency threshold wherein I can say (now()-last_event_time) > threshold, I don't want to use something like which is basically find the difference between the last event time VS the current and some random threshold.
I want Splunk to tell the ideal threshold for my index,sourcetype and host combination.
For example; A particular logs from index=a host=b sourceype=c logs once in a day, so here I want Splunk to tell an ideal threshold I can use ( maybe ~ 1day or ~ 24 hours) as the threshold to set an alert.
another example, a particular logs from index=g sourcetype=h host=i logs every 4.5/5 hours, so here I want Splunk to tell an ideal threshold I can use ( maybe ~ 4H or ~ 4.5h or 5h or xh) as the threshold to set an alert.
so using this I can set an alert like (now()-last_event_time) > threshold
Thanks in advance.
Happy Splunking.
