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Applying NullQueue REGEX to ALL sources

tewner
Explorer

Hi Guys -

I'm trying to remove "DEBUG" messages from ALL inputs. What do I put in props.conf to apply a transform to all incoming data - or am I going about this wrong?

Thanks!
-Mike

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dwaddle
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If this is really what you want to do, you can put it under the [default] stanza in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/props.conf. This should cause your TRANSFORMS rule to fire for everything.

I am concerned it could wind up being overzealous, though. If your regex matches on just the word "DEBUG", it has a lot of chances for false positives and will also hit Splunk's _internal index. Before doing this in production, test test test...

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dwaddle
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If this is really what you want to do, you can put it under the [default] stanza in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/props.conf. This should cause your TRANSFORMS rule to fire for everything.

I am concerned it could wind up being overzealous, though. If your regex matches on just the word "DEBUG", it has a lot of chances for false positives and will also hit Splunk's _internal index. Before doing this in production, test test test...

tewner
Explorer

Thanks!!!!

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