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Filter by host on source syslog

bizza
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My scenario:

  • splunk server listening on 514/udp (syslog).
  • many hosts/appliance send log over udp to splunk indexer.

My goal was:

  • filter source by ip/hostname, set custom sourcetype and index
  • drop every upd packet not listed in my custom rules

What is the best way to do this?

Regards

bizza

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi bizza

you can find everything you need to know about routing and filtering data in this doc here

regards

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi bizza

you can find everything you need to know about routing and filtering data in this doc here

regards

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