Alerting

adding values to alert-scripts

0range
Communicator

Hello everyone!
How can I add search-result to my .sh-script sending email from Splunk-alert?
Thank you!

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alacercogitatus
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

I think you are executing a Shell Script from a Splunk Alert, and you want to get the search results into that Shell script. The arguments are passed to the script, so you should be able to reference them in the usual ways. See here for a more complete description: http://wiki.splunk.com/Community:Use_Splunk_alerts_with_scripts_to_create_a_ticket_in_your_ticketing...

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alacercogitatus
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

I think you are executing a Shell Script from a Splunk Alert, and you want to get the search results into that Shell script. The arguments are passed to the script, so you should be able to reference them in the usual ways. See here for a more complete description: http://wiki.splunk.com/Community:Use_Splunk_alerts_with_scripts_to_create_a_ticket_in_your_ticketing...

lukejadamec
Super Champion

Your Splunk-alert is saved in Manager>Searches and Reports.

Open it, select the email option, and select Include results in email.

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0range
Communicator

and if I run my own script? stock alerting is not enough...

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