Splunk Enterprise Security
×

Are you a member of the Splunk Community?

Sign in or Register with your Splunk account to get your questions answered, access valuable resources and connect with experts!
cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
Ask a Question

Forwarder not parsing Ossec logs correctly

poiromaniax
Explorer
‎03-25-2020 02:50 AM

Hi all,

We have our ossec logs from servers being sent to a forwarder and then the forwarder to indexer. On the forwarder, sourcetype is configured as ossec_alerts

In search results, the source host shows as the forwarder and not the actual server it comes from. The actual server name shows up right next to the date/time but not as a parsed field. EG:

2020/03/20 17:23:00 srv-01 SOURCE=forwarder

Any ideas?

0 Karma
Reply
First 500 qualified respondents will receive a $20 gift card! Tell us about your professional Splunk journey.
Take the Survey


Introducing Unified TDIR with the New Enterprise Security 8.2

Read the blog
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Celebrating Fast Lane: 2025 Authorized Learning Partner of the Year

At .conf25, Splunk proudly recognized Fast Lane as the 2025 Authorized Learning Partner of the Year. This ...

Tech Talk Recap | Mastering Threat Hunting

Mastering Threat HuntingDive into the world of threat hunting, exploring the key differences between ...

Observability for AI Applications: Troubleshooting Latency

If you’re working with proprietary company data, you’re probably going to have a locally hosted LLM or many ...