Getting Data In

host name extraction during data upload

ugoetzen_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Just trying to manually add data with different host names in the logs. (with the "add data wizard")
What is the best way to extract the host names during the import? (nobud02, appplusf13,...)

Sample data looks like this:
{"host":"nobud02","ident":"dockerd-current","message":"time=\"2017-06-12T18:00:00.745384875+02:00\" level=error msg=\"Handler for POST /containers/weaveproxy/exec returned error: No such container: weaveproxy\"","log_time":"2017-06-12T16:00:00Z"}
{"host":"appplusf13","ident":"systemd","message":"Created slice user-0.slice.","log_time":"2017-06-12T16:00:01Z"}
{"host":"appngu51","ident":"systemd","message":"Created slice user-0.slice.","log_time":"2017-06-12T16:00:01Z"}
{"host":"delme-20170530-rs1","ident":"systemd","message":"Started Session 2594 of user root.","log_time":"2017-06-12T16:00:01Z"}

Thanks in advance.

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somesoni2
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

YOu'd need to setup props/transforms to override host from raw data. See this for reference.

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/409734/unable-to-override-host-value-using-regex.html

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somesoni2
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

YOu'd need to setup props/transforms to override host from raw data. See this for reference.

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/409734/unable-to-override-host-value-using-regex.html

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You're looking for host_segment

If set to N, the Nth "/"-separated segment of the path is set as host. If
  host_segment=3, for example, the third segment is used.

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.2/Admin/Inputsconf

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

I believe host_segment refers to the file path of the data source, not the data itself.

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