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Splunk VPC timestamp issue

General_Talos
Path Finder

Hey,

I am sure many of you, who have VPC logs on Splunk have came across this issue. 

Raw Log

2 unknown eni-xxxxxxxxxxxxx 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.15 3558 6443 6 9 1196 1625657222 1625657282 ACCEPT OK

Text highlighted in red is event start_time, and I want to replace it with _time

my props.conf

 

[aws:cloudwatchlogs:vpcflow]
TIME_FORMAT = %s
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false
TIME_PREFIX = ^(?>\S+\s){10}
MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 10

 

Still no luck 😞

General_Talos_0-1626263811814.png

 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this

TIME_PREFIX = (\S+\s+){10}
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General_Talos
Path Finder

Hello @ITWhisperer , thks for sharing. Still the same.

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