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input.conf log filtering

splunkcol
Builder

 

I have a route that has all the logs, but in it there are several types of logs, I only need some that start with a certain name.

Apple
banana
mango
dns.log
dns_1123.log
dns3_1.log

if I need the log that starts with dns and ends in anything else I understand that I can use dns *

[monitor:///folder1/folder2/folder3/folder/logs/dns*]
disabled = false
host = 10.10.10.10
index = myindex
sourcetype = mysourcetype

 

But when I check the logs that are being indexed, all the logs are arriving, even the ones that I don't need, how else can I make only the ones that start with dns arrive and not the other logs?

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inventsekar
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

i am not sure why it does not work.. all looks good, though.  maybe, try white listing. 

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.0/Data/Whitelistorblacklistspecificincomingdata

 

 

[monitor:///folder1/folder2/folder3/folder/logs/dns*]
whitelist = dns.*\.log$
disabled = false
host = 10.10.10.10
index = myindex
sourcetype = mysourcetype

 

thanks and best regards,
Sekar

PS - If this or any post helped you in any way, pls consider upvoting, thanks for reading !

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inventsekar
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

i am not sure why it does not work.. all looks good, though.  maybe, try white listing. 

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.0/Data/Whitelistorblacklistspecificincomingdata

 

 

[monitor:///folder1/folder2/folder3/folder/logs/dns*]
whitelist = dns.*\.log$
disabled = false
host = 10.10.10.10
index = myindex
sourcetype = mysourcetype

 

thanks and best regards,
Sekar

PS - If this or any post helped you in any way, pls consider upvoting, thanks for reading !
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splunkcol
Builder

Thank you very much for your answer, it helped me a lot.

After working I remembered that I had configured the input.conf and output.conf files in two different paths, one in apps and the other in the system

It has already been solved, thank you very much.

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