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Windows Event Log Configurations for Dual Forwarding

jaracan
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Hi Splunkers,

We have requirement to monitor wineventlogswith sourcename MSSQL and will be sent to different sets of IDX.

For global IDX,  the wineventlogs inputs will be sourcename MSSQL only
For abc-region, the wineventlogs inputs will be sourcename MSSQL and ComputerName with ending in "abc.com" domain (e.g. XXXXX.abc.com, YYYY.abc.com).

With this, is the configurations below correct? Looking forward to your insights.

 

##########################################
inputs.conf
#####################################
[WinEventLog://Application]
index=mssql_idx
whitelist= SourceName=%MSSQL%
sourcetype=mssql:app
disabled=false
_TCP_ROUTING=idx-all-global
crcSalt=<SOURCE>


[WinEventLog://Application]
index=mssql_idx
whitelist= SourceName=%MSSQL% ComputerName=%abc.com%
sourcetype=mssql:app
disabled=false
_TCP_ROUTING=idx-abc-region
crcSalt=<SOURCE>

##########################################
outputs.conf
##########################################

[indexAndForward]
index=false

[tcpout]
defaultGroup= idx-all-global, idx-abc-region

[tcpout:idx-all-global]
server=global-idx1:9997, global-idx2:9997

[tcpout:idx-abc-region]
server= abc-region-idx1:9997, abc-region-idx2:9997

 

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