Getting Data In

More than one DEST_KEY

carmackd
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Can I use more than one DEST_KEY? For example

DEST_KEY=_MetaData:Index,MetaData:Sourcetype
FORMAT=sourcetype::VPN,index::authent

I currently have some VPN logs coming in through syslog that I would like to route to an index, and rename the sourcetype.

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southeringtonp
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southeringtonp
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This really should be two separate transforms.

Take a look at this thread:
http://answers.splunk.com/questions/6623/conditional-index-and-sourcetype-name-inputs-conf-by-file-n...

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