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Attempting to index a apache logs directory

jslocomb
New Member

I am attempting to index a apache logs directory.

We use cronolog to split our apache log files We have a sub directory rotate_logs that have historical logs in GZ format.

I want to only index the error log files in /etc/httpd/logs and not the access logs or any time from subdirectories.

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southeringtonp
Motivator

Sounds like you want a blacklist on the filename. You can also turn off recursion if you don't want to descend into subdirectories.

For example:

[monitor:///etc/httpd/logs]
recursive = false
blacklist = \.gz$

Take a look at:
http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/4.1.5/admin/Inputsconf

and:
http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/4.1.5/admin/Whitelistorblacklistspecificincomingdata#Blackl...

Genti
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

directory structure and exact filenames desired would help too

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Simeon
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

It would help to have your current settings and parameters used for this input.

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