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How to forward an index to third party syslog using heavy forwarder

michael_lee
Path Finder

I have an index test_index collecting http logs and I want to forward to another syslog server. I have outputs.conf, props.conf and transform.conf as such:

  1. outputs.conf

    [syslog]
    defaultGroup=syslogGroup
    type=tcp

    [syslog:syslogGroup]
    server = 192.168.22.101:514

    [tcpout]
    defaultGroup = raw_tcp_out
    forwardedindex.0.whitelist =
    forwardedindex.1.blacklist =
    forwardedindex.2.whitelist =
    indexAndForward = true
    sendCookedData = false
    forwardedindex.0.whitelist = test_index

    [tcpout:raw_tcp_out]
    server = 192.168.22.101:514

  2. props.conf

    [host::192.168.22.101]
    TRANSFORMS-kiwi = send_to_syslog

  3. transform.conf

    [send_to_syslog]
    REGEX = .
    DEST_KEY = _SYSLOG_ROUTING
    FORMAT = syslogGroup

When I check with the destination syslog server 192.168.22.101, it is logging a lot of events which are not from test_index. Is there anything wrong with config files ? I a using 6.3.3 latest Splunk heavy forwarder.
thanks

Tags (3)

lycollicott
Motivator

If you have already ingested and indexed the events...why are you syslogging them at all? You already have them in Splunk, the greatest software on the planet.

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ryandg
Communicator

In your outputs.conf why do you have multiple blank whitelists and blacklist?

[tcpout]
defaultGroup = raw_tcp_out
**forwardedindex.0.whitelist = 
forwardedindex.1.blacklist = 
forwardedindex.2.whitelist =** 
indexAndForward = true
sendCookedData = false
forwardedindex.0.whitelist = test_index
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michael_lee
Path Finder

I have added something like this. Is this correct? First, I blacklist everything that I don't need to be forwarded. Then lastly the whitelist.

 forwardedindex.1.blacklist = _*
 forwardedindex.2.blacklist = main
 forwardedindex.0.whitelist = my_index_to_forward
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ryandg
Communicator

try removing the blacklists and just having the whitelist. It's redundant to do a whitelist and a blacklist.

0 Karma
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