How to configure props.conf and transforms.conf to index logs with a specific string and filter out all other events?

[chanduira]

Hi Experts,

I am getting logs / events from an application server to an indexer. I want to index logs with the string "connected to machine" and drop rest all events.

Please help me with props.conf and transforms.conf file syntax.

[joesrepsolc]

Trying to implement this myself... struggling. Reading the link woodcock supplied now.

[woodcock]

Look here:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.3.1/Forwarding/Routeandfilterdatad#Keep_specific_event...

In props.conf:

[YourSourceOrSourceTypeHere]
TRANSFORMS-set= setnull,setparsing

In transforms.conf:

[setnull]
REGEX = .
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = nullQueue

[setparsing]
REGEX = connected\sto\smachine
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = indexQueue

Deploy to Indexers and restart all splunk instances there. This will apply ONLY to events indexed after the restart.

[chanduira]

Thanks for response.
I my case I have two index and different source. So I want to forward logs to index logs in specifix indexer.

I tried below option but all logs get filtered.

[setnull]
REGEX = .
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = nullQueue
[setparsing]
REGEX = connected\sto\smachine
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = myindexname

[woodcock]

It does not work that way. You set the destination index ( myindexname ) in inputs.conf. You must use FORMAT = indexQueue to pull it back out of the nullQueue.