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How to create regex for AWS ARN to extract region?

chvenu17
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Please help to create regx to extract region from below aws ARN(us-west-2)

arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-west-2:1111111111:secret:/rds-oracle/xxxx-xx17sd-xxxxxx-xxx67xxx7gd7133/TEST-01TEST

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi

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| rex "^(?:\w+:){3}(?<region>[^:]+)"

this should do the extraction. If the ARN is on field, then you should add “field=<field name>” in rex.

r. Ismo

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chvenu17
Path Finder

Thank you , its working 

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi

...
| rex "^(?:\w+:){3}(?<region>[^:]+)"

this should do the extraction. If the ARN is on field, then you should add “field=<field name>” in rex.

r. Ismo

chvenu17
Path Finder

Can you help to brekdown, in case i want to modify to pull different field

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Here is a link https://regex101.com/r/GVLrA1/1 where you could read what those are meaning. There is also easy to chain it.

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