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blacklist inputs.conf

splunkcol
Builder

I need that the "notice" type logs are not forwarded to the indexer

I know I should add a line called "blacklist" but I'm not good with regular expressions

Another question, why in some threads they talk about modifying the file "props.conf" and "transforms.conf" what is the difference between doing it from inputs.conf and the other way?

inputs.log

[monitor:///folder/folder/folder/ip_firewall]
disabled = false
host = namefirewall
index = firewalls
sourcetype = fgt_log

Sample Log

date=2019-05-10 time=11:37:47 logid="0000000013" type="traffic" subtype="forward" level="notice" vd="vdom1" eventtime=1557513467369913239 srcip=10.1.100.11 srcport=58012 srcintf="port12" srcintfrole="undefined" dstip=23.59.154.35 dstport=80 dstintf="port11" dstintfrole="undefined" srcuuid="ae28f494-5735-51e9-f247-d1d2ce663f4b" dstuuid="ae28f494-5735-51e9-f247-d1d2ce663f4b" poluuid="ccb269e0-5735-51e9-a218-a397dd08b7eb" sessionid=105048 proto=6 action="close" policyid=1 policytype="policy" service="HTTP" dstcountry="Canada" srccountry="Reserved" trandisp="snat" transip=172.16.200.2 transport=58012 appid=34050 app="HTTP.BROWSER_Firefox" appcat="Web.Client" apprisk="elevated" applist="g-default" duration=116 sentbyte=1188 rcvdbyte=1224 sentpkt=17 rcvdpkt=16 utmaction="allow" countapp=1 osname="Ubuntu" mastersrcmac="a2:e9:00:ec:40:01" srcmac="a2:e9:00:ec:40:01" srcserver=0 utmref=65500-742

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The blacklist setting controls what sources (files) Splunk reads.  It has no bearing what content within that source is accepted.

Props and transforms are what we use to discard and/or modify events before they are indexed.  See https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.0/Forwarding/Routeandfilterdatad#Filter_event_data_... for an example.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The blacklist setting controls what sources (files) Splunk reads.  It has no bearing what content within that source is accepted.

Props and transforms are what we use to discard and/or modify events before they are indexed.  See https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.0/Forwarding/Routeandfilterdatad#Filter_event_data_... for an example.

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