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How to write regex to extract and index a field enclosed in quotations after a known string?

sadkha
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I have a set of logs which wasn't automatically parsed when indexed into Splunk.

I would like to extract a field from the logs, however the Interactive Field Extractor isn't picking up on the pattern. I would like to extract the second group of quotations after the phrase "SAML 2.0" (including the quotes) come up in the logs:

...."SAML 2.0" - - - "11.11.111.1111" "www.yahoo.com"

That's essentially how all of the logs look like. I was wondering how I could tell splunk to only extract the 2nd group of quotes after it sees SAML 2.0?

1 Solution

kml_uvce
Builder

In transforms.conf add:

[stanzaname]
REGEX =  .*"SAML 2.0".*\"(?.*)\".*
FORMAT = fieldname::"$1"
WRITE_META = true

props.conf
Add the following lines to props.conf:

[testlog]
TRANSFORMS-netscreen = stanzaname

fields.conf
Add the following lines to fields.conf:

[fieldname]
INDEXED=true

Restart Splunk for your configu

kamal singh bisht

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kml_uvce
Builder

In transforms.conf add:

[stanzaname]
REGEX =  .*"SAML 2.0".*\"(?.*)\".*
FORMAT = fieldname::"$1"
WRITE_META = true

props.conf
Add the following lines to props.conf:

[testlog]
TRANSFORMS-netscreen = stanzaname

fields.conf
Add the following lines to fields.conf:

[fieldname]
INDEXED=true

Restart Splunk for your configu

kamal singh bisht
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