Splunk Search

Setting Host field value based on a file inside a tar archive

jstockamp
Communicator

I've got access combined logs from a farm of x number of servers tarred up on a daily basis. So the tar file looks like this:

todayslogs.tar
-> appserver1.log
-> appserver2.log
-> appserver3.log

How can I tell splunk to use the host name inside the tar file as the host field? I'd really rather not untar the archive before ingesting it. Surely this has to be possible.

Tags (2)

jstockamp
Communicator

Yeah, I know how to set the host name based on a segment of the filename, but in this case the filename is the name of the tar file and the hostname is part of a filename inside the tar file.

0 Karma

MarioM
Motivator

another post which might be useful to you:

Host Based on filename

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Observability Unlocked: Kubernetes Monitoring with Splunk Observability Cloud

 Ready to master Kubernetes and cloud monitoring like the pros? Join Splunk’s Growth Engineering team for an ...

Update Your SOAR Apps for Python 3.13: What Community Developers Need to Know

To Community SOAR App Developers - we're reaching out with an important update regarding Python 3.9's ...

October Community Champions: A Shoutout to Our Contributors!

As October comes to a close, we want to take a moment to celebrate the people who make the Splunk Community ...