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Blacklist in inputs.conf not working as expected

khhenderson
Path Finder

I am attempting to monitor all the log with the word access.
But exclude one particular log file.

Here is my inputs.conf

[monitor:///var/log/nginx/*access*log]
index = nginx
sourcetype = access_combined
disabled = false
blacklist = app.domain.com.access.https.log

Can I specify the log file literally?

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi hkkenderson,

blacklist is using regex to match, therefore you should use \. instead of just .. Try this:

 blacklist = app\.domain\.com\.access\.https\.log

This assues you want to literally match one dot and not just anything one time.

Hope this helps ...

cheers, MuS

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