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How to drop single host's single event

BoldKnowsNothin
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Hello comrades,

We are using universal forwarder on hosts. And we have a noisy dude that products EventID:4674, and exceeds our license limit. Can we shut this dude's mouth on agent side but only on eventID:4674? Sorry newbie here.

Many thanks,

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VatsalJagani
SplunkTrust
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@BoldKnowsNothin - Yes, it can be done with inputs.conf on the UF under the App's local folder. (Most likely Windows Add-on will have this input.)

[Your input stanza that is collecting the data]
blacklist5 = 4674

 

blacklist5, the number 5 could be different depending on what you are deploying.

 

I hope this helps!! And welcome to the Splunk community!!!

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VatsalJagani
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@BoldKnowsNothin - Yes, it can be done with inputs.conf on the UF under the App's local folder. (Most likely Windows Add-on will have this input.)

[Your input stanza that is collecting the data]
blacklist5 = 4674

 

blacklist5, the number 5 could be different depending on what you are deploying.

 

I hope this helps!! And welcome to the Splunk community!!!

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