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DNS lookup not returning returning results as expected

cburgman
Path Finder

I am running a basic search and wanting to perform a reverse DNS lookup.

index=*proxy src_ip="10.x.x.x" | lookup dnslookup clientip as src_ip OUTPUT clienthost as Hostname
| table Hostname

The search is not returning any fields named Hostname. What am I missing? Is there a way to validate the external lookup python script is working?

Transforms.conf
[dnslookup]
external_cmd = external_lookup.py clienthost clientip
fields_list = clienthost,clientip

Splunk 6.6.2

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Try this:

| makeresults | eval host="70.90.168.114" | lookup dnslookup clientip AS host

This should give you mail.ubcomputer.com.

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cburgman
Path Finder

This works for external dns lookups. Is there a way to configure to work for internal resolution?

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

make sure that the host OS for your Search Head is using your internal DNS Server.

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