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cisco:asa sourcetype not parsing fields correctly

tross33
Explorer

I am having issues with consistent field extraction using the cisco:asa sourcetype. The fields are very inconsistently parsed, many times making 4 or 5 events out of a single event, even separating a line in the middle of a word.

I am currently accepting syslog for these devices using rsyslog, and I am monitoring the file generated for the specific device on the local filesystem. The following is an example of the inputs.conf entry I have in the Splunk_TA_cisco-asa local directory.

[monitor:///var/log/syslog/system-111.111.111.111.log]
host_segment = 4
sourcetype = cisco:asa
disabled = false

I am running version 3.2.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Cisco ASA. I am running version 3.0.3 of Cisco Security Suite. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance.

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mzorzi
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Try to add, under the stanza above,

SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false

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tross33
Explorer

Thank you for the response mzorzi. Unfortunately, that did not work when placed in my inputs.conf file. I believe the sourcetype should pull that from my props.conf file?

########## ASA

[source::....asa]
sourcetype = cisco:asa

[cisco:asa]
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false
KV_MODE = auto

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