Getting Data In

dynamic host name

eidil
Explorer

My previous team has set a static host name in the input.conf. I am currently trying to make the IP as the host name. I had tried using host_segment=3 and it did not work. Any suggestions?

[default]
host = IDSPGASPVLOGP01

[monitor:///opt/syslog/172.16.43.126/*/*/*]
disabled = 0
sourcetype = cisco:ios
interval = 30

[monitor:///opt/syslog/172.16.63.77/*/*/*]
disabled = 0
sourcetype = cisco:ios
interval = 30

[monitor:///opt/syslog/172.16.43.30/*/*/*]
disabled = 0
sourcetype = cisco:ios
interval = 30

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi

When your files are  named e.g. /opt/syslog/172.16.43.126/net/Cisco/router.log then your monitor should match these and also that host_segment = 3 should work.

What btool shows for inputs?

Can you try the next (just replace those multiple with this)

[monitor:///opt/syslog/172.*/*/*/*]
host_segment = 3
disabled = 0
sourcetype = cisco:ios
interval = 30

 r. Ismo

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion

How about INGEST_EVAL with extracting from source?

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