Alerting

Splunk Alert: How do I delete when there is no Delete option on Edit/Menu?

altink
Builder

Hi

Cannot delete an Alert.
There is no Delete Option under Alert's Edit Menu.

Please advise how to delete.

best regards

Altin

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manjunathmeti
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Alert exists in savedsearches.conf file. You can remove the alert stanza from conf file. Below is the sample path.

1. If the search head is not in cluster then remove stanza from below path and restart splunk.
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/<app_directory>/default/savedsearches.conf 

2. If the search head is in cluster then remove stanza from below path on deployer server then apply the bundle.
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/shcluster/apps/<app_directory>/default/savedsearches.conf

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manjunathmeti
Champion

Is this alert created by you or it is part of an app?

If this alert exists in the app's default folder you need to remove it from the app and then deploy the app again. If you don't have access to do that then you can always disable the alert.

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altink
Builder

How do I "remove it from the app" ?
(this ticket was opened for this)
best

Altin

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manjunathmeti
Champion

Alert exists in savedsearches.conf file. You can remove the alert stanza from conf file. Below is the sample path.

1. If the search head is not in cluster then remove stanza from below path and restart splunk.
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/<app_directory>/default/savedsearches.conf 

2. If the search head is in cluster then remove stanza from below path on deployer server then apply the bundle.
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/shcluster/apps/<app_directory>/default/savedsearches.conf

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altink
Builder

Thank you very much @manjunathmeti 

best regards,

Altin

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altink
Builder

Alert is part of an application. And it is owned by Admin.
I am logged as Admin - and cannot delete it

 

best

Altin

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manjunathmeti
Champion

If it is part of the application's default directory then even admin can't delete it. You need to delete it from app and deploy the application again.

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altink
Builder

Do you mean I need to delete the Alert in the config file, in the OS?
And then restart Splunk?

best regards

Altin

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TheGearx
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

What you must do is

 

-Download the app and delete the alert/search

-upload the Custom app and the scheduled alert/search must disappear

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