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How to know sourcetype defined

Ash1
Communicator

I have some logs coming into splunk and there are parsing correctly without any issues

Index= xxx sourcetype=splunk-logs

But now the logs time zone changed now i have to update the time zone in props.conf

So where can I find this existing sourcetype=splunk-logs in splunk

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Use btool

 

splunk btool --debug props list splunk-logs

 

It will display all of the props for the sourcetype along with the file name in which the prop is defined.

Remember, never change $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/props.conf and change $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/*/default/props.conf only if it's your app.  Otherwise, put the change in local/props.conf.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Use btool

 

splunk btool --debug props list splunk-logs

 

It will display all of the props for the sourcetype along with the file name in which the prop is defined.

Remember, never change $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/props.conf and change $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/*/default/props.conf only if it's your app.  Otherwise, put the change in local/props.conf.

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