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Filtering WinHostMon with transforms/props so it doesn't index the status of a particular service.

jospina2
Explorer

Hello,

I am trying to use transforms/props to filter a service from being indexed

This is what I have:

/etc/system/local/transforms.conf :

[testing_service_filter]
REGEX = MyService
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = nullQueue

/etc/system/local/props.conf

[WinHostMon:Service]
TRANSFORMS-block_service = testing_service_filter

I have also tried:

[WinHostMon://Service]
TRANSFORMS-block_service = testing_service_filter
[source::service]
sourcetype = WinHostMon
TRANSFORMS-block_service = testing_service_filter
[source:service]
TRANSFORMS-block_service = testing_service_filter

and

[WinHostMon]
TRANSFORMS-block_service = testing_service_filter

What am I doing wrong? I have no problem filtering other sources (e.g. I have dozens of filters applied to WinEventLog, and never had an issue setting them up), but every transform I try to apply on WinHostMon doesn't seem to work. What am I missing?

Thanks

daviesg
Engager

I'm a Splunk newbie so I'm not sure this is the most efficient method but I've got it working by:

  1. Adding a stanza to props.conf in /etc/system/local

[WinHostMon]
TRANSFORMS-filter = filter_manual_service

  1. Add a stanza to the transforms.conf in /etc/system/local

[filter_manual_service]
REXEG = StartMode="Manual"
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = nullQueue

It would be great to find out if there is a better way to do this.

Cheers

Graham

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Kawtar
Path Finder

Hello jospina2,

Did you try an other : testing_service_filter2

transforms.conf
[testing_service_filter]
REGEX = MyService
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = nullQueue

[testing_service_filter2]
REGEX = MyService
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = nullQueue

And then in props.conf:

TRANSFORMS-block_service2 = testing_service_filter2,

Can you try this ?

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