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Moving cribl events to their own index

dtamburin
Engager

Brand new to splunk, inherited a slightly configured system.

I want to move certain cribl events to an index called vmware.

I added this...

props.conf

[sourcetype::cribl]
TRANSFORMS-index = route_to_vmware

transforms.conf

[route_to_vmware]
REGEX = (?i)vpxa
DEST_KEY = _MetaData:Index
FORMAT = vmware

Created an index in splunk.

dtamburin_0-1747146327495.png

Example of event, ending up in main index...

dtamburin_1-1747146419579.png

any help would be appreciated.  thank you

I did restart splunk from the GUI after changes were made.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Data from Cribl is "cooked" meaning it already has been processed so props and transforms on the indexers will not process it further.

You should change the index name in Cribl.

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livehybrid
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @dtamburin 

Cribl will be sending data which is already parsed, therefore the proposed props/transforms will not work, instead you can use Ingest Actions:

== props.conf ==
[cribl]
RULESET-ruleset_cribl = _rule:ruleset_cribl:set_index:eval:is31lica
RULESET_DESC-ruleset_cribl = 


== transforms.conf == 
[_rule:ruleset_cribl:set_index:eval:is31lica]
INGEST_EVAL = index=IF(match(_raw,"(?i)vpxa"),"vmware", index)

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dtamburin
Engager

thank you, I will try this also.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Data from Cribl is "cooked" meaning it already has been processed so props and transforms on the indexers will not process it further.

You should change the index name in Cribl.

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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