Getting Data In

TCP:514 Input -> Multiple Indexex and Source Type

lpolo
Motivator

I have a TCP:514 input working without any problem but indexing in a single index.
I have not found a way to index events as follow:

Event A should be indexed in index=A
_time host="a.com" Type="A" ....... Any Key Value Pair

Event B should be indexed in index=B
_time host="a.com" Type="B" ....... Any Key Value Pair

How can I do that?

Thanks,
Lp

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jconger
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The Splunk Add-on for Cisco ASA (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1620/) does something similar with sourcetypes. Using that add-on as an example, your props.conf should look something like this:

[source::tcp:514]
TRANSFORMS-force_indexes = force_index_A,force_index_B

Your transforms.conf should look something like this:

[force_index_A]
DEST_KEY = _MetaData:Index
REGEX = Type="A"
FORMAT = A

[force_index_B]
DEST_KEY = _MetaData:Index
REGEX = Type="B"
FORMAT = B

lpolo
Motivator

Thank you. It worked.
In case I would like to classify each index with a different sourcetype. How can I do that?

Thanks,
Lp

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jconger
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

If you want to do index and sourcetype, your props.conf should look like this:

[source::tcp:514]
TRANSFORMS-force_indexes = force_index_A,force_index_B,force_sourcetype_A,force_sourcetype_B

And your transforms.conf file should look like this:

[force_index_A]
DEST_KEY = _MetaData:Index
REGEX = Type="A"
FORMAT = A

[force_index_B]
DEST_KEY = _MetaData:Index
REGEX = Type="B"
FORMAT = B

[force_sourcetype_A]
DEST_KEY = MetaData:Sourcetype
REGEX = Type="A"
FORMAT = sourcetype::sourcetype_A

[force_sourcetype_B]
DEST_KEY = MetaData:Sourcetype
REGEX = Type="B"
FORMAT = sourcetype::sourcetype_B
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lpolo
Motivator

Thanks for the example.

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