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Props and transforms hostname override not working

ayomotukoya
Explorer

Hi all. Having an issue with hostname override for snmp logs. An issue I’m having is i created this props and transforms to get the agent_hostname from the logs to override the host (syslog011) for these snmp trap logs but it doesn’t seem to have worked. Not sure what the mistake is herE.

TRANSFORMS.CONF

[snmptrapd_kv]

DELIMS - "\n," ="

[snmp_hostname_change]

DEST_KEY-MetaData: : Host

REGEX-Agent_Hostname = (•*)

FORMAT-host:: $1

PROPS.CONF

[snmptrapd]

disabled = false

LINE BREAKER = ([\r\n]+) Agent_ Address\s=

MAX TIMESTAMP LOOKAHEAD = 30

NO_BINARY_CHECK - true

SHOULD LINEMERGE = false

TIME

_FORMAT = SY-8m-%d 8H:&M: :S

TIME

_PREFIX = Datels=\s

EXTRACT-node = ^[^\[\n]*\[(?P<node>[^\]]+)

REPORT-snmptrapd = snmptrapd_kv

TRANSFORMS-snmp_hostname_change = snmp_hostname_change

 

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livehybrid
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @ayomotukoya 

Can I check which method you are using to ingest the SNMP data? Is it using Splunk Connect for SNMP? (https://splunk.github.io/splunk-connect-for-snmp/main/) - If so this sends the data to Splunk with HEC so would require a different approach to this problem.

Or is this monitoring local files which are saved to disk from SNMP? If so, is this on a Universal Forwarder (UF) or heavy forwarder (HF)?

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Please use code block or preformatted paragraphs for config snippets. It greatly improves readability.

And your config's syntax is completely off. If that is your actual config, use

splunk btool check

to verify your config. If not, please copy-paste your literal settings.

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @ayomotukoya ,

I suppose that the transforms.conf isn't correct:

[snmp_hostname_change]
DEST_KEY = MetaData::Host
REGEX = Agent_Hostname\s*\=\s*(.*)
FORMAT = host::$1

I can be more detailed and sure if you could share a sample of your logs.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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