Getting Data In

True-Client-IP=[12.34.56.78]

daniel333
Builder

All,

I have some header information coming through like so
True-Client-IP=[12.34.56.78]

I'd like to correct the data as it's ingested to be
True-Client-IP=12.34.56.78

Dropping the "[]" from around the IP address. Not sure where to start. I feel like I should be able to use SEDCMD inside props.conf but I am not sure how that would look.

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jhall0007
Path Finder

This is old post, but one suggestion would be to create a custom field in props

Search Head props.conf:
[]
EXTRACT-true_ip = True-Client-IP=[(?(\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}))]

aakwah
Builder

Minor modification, Extract should be in capital letters,

EXTRACT-true_ip = True-Client-IP=[(?(\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}.\d{1,3}))]
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jhall0007
Path Finder

Thanks you.

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Can you provide the complete event ? Just to ensure the SEDCMD for this doesn't affect any other portion of the data.

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