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Monitor twice the same directory

StefanW
Path Finder

Hello,

i have syslog-ng running and got all my syslog messages from my access points and cisco switches to the same directory. But the access points should go to another index as the switch logs.

so i created to monitor stanzas, but the second stanza doesnt work.

 

#log cisco switches
[monitor:///var/syslog/logavaya/*/*.log]
host_segment = 4
disabled = false
index = cisco
sourcetype = syslog
blacklist = \d-\d\d\.kuechen\.de\.log$

#log avaya access points
[monitor:///var/syslog/logavaya/*/./*.log]
host_segment = 4
disabled = false
index = avaya
sourcetype = avaya:ap
whitelist = \d-\d\d\.kuechen\.de\.log$

 

The question is, how can i input all files into two index with different sourcetypes?

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StefanW
Path Finder

ok, i solved it with wildcards

 

[monitor:///var/syslog/logavaya/*/*-*.kuechen.de.log]

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StefanW
Path Finder

ok, i solved it with wildcards

 

[monitor:///var/syslog/logavaya/*/*-*.kuechen.de.log]
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scelikok
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Maybe the best idea is filtering with syslog-ng based on message content and write to a different folder.

log {
    source(s1);
    filter { match("cisco" value("MESSAGE")) };
    destination(d_cisco);
};
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scelikok
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @StefanW,

Regex does work on monitor starting from the next segment after * or ... .

The reason of the problem is, the first stanza already covers *.log files, if you can write a regex to cisco stanza it will work. If you can tell us about the files names for cisco and avaya we can offer regex. 

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StefanW
Path Finder

The Avaya access point logs are really simple. Like 1-01.kuechen.de

the switches have hostnames which are complex and have no really a pattern, because of that I blacklisted the avaya log files. 

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StefanW
Path Finder

I tried this first, but as I know, regex is not possible in the path part of the monitor. 

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scelikok
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @StefanW,

You should use different stanzas, please try below. If you can define regex for cisco switches, it is better.

#log cisco switches
[monitor:///var/syslog/logavaya/*/*.log]
host_segment = 4
disabled = false
index = cisco
sourcetype = syslog
blacklist = \d-\d\d\.kuechen\.de\.log$

#log avaya access points
[monitor:///var/syslog/logavaya/*/./\d-\d\d\.kuechen\.de\.log$]
host_segment = 4
disabled = false
index = avaya
sourcetype = avaya:ap

 

If this reply helps you an upvote and "Accept as Solution" is appreciated.
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