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Regex working on regex101 but not in Splunk

jwalzerpitt
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I have some ADFS logs that I'm trying to pull the IPs from. My regex is as follows:

(?:(^Token\sType):\s*(?:\n(?!Client IP:).*)+\nClient IP:\s*\n|\G)(?<adfs_src>(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})(?:[,\s]|$)

I tested the regex against an ADFS event on regex101 - link text successfully.

However, pasting into Splunk, the IPs aren't being pulled out as the adfs_src field

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thx

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MuS
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Hi jwalzerpitt,

Try to make it work using the rex command in Splunk, and start with a simplified regex like this:

.... | rex "Client IP:\s+\n|\G(?<adfs_src>(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})(?:[,\s]|$)" 

Once this works, work your way back to add more criteria to the regex.

cheers, MuS

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woodcock
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You have both the global and multiline flags set so you need to ensure that these are set in Splunk, too. Try this:

 .... | rex max_match=0 "(?ms)Client IP:\s+\n|\G(?<adfs_src>(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})(?:[,\s]|$)" 

jwalzerpitt
Influencer

That worked as well - thx

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MuS
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Hi jwalzerpitt,

Try to make it work using the rex command in Splunk, and start with a simplified regex like this:

.... | rex "Client IP:\s+\n|\G(?<adfs_src>(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})(?:[,\s]|$)" 

Once this works, work your way back to add more criteria to the regex.

cheers, MuS

jwalzerpitt
Influencer

I simplified as follows and it worked like a charm - thx MuS!

(Client IP:\s*\n|\G)(?<adfs_src>(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})(?:[,\s]|$)
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MuS
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Nice, converted to answer. Please accept 🙂

cheers, MuS

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