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Splunk Add-on for MySQL: How do I deal with truncated MySQL General logs that cause issues with time format and line breaking?

mcrawford44
Communicator

Using the following time format from props.conf included with Splunk MySQL TA;

TIME_FORMAT = %y%m%d %H:%M:%S

Used to split the following log format by timestamp;

   150803  7:27:03  102983 Connect  drupal@foo.com on bar
            102983 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102983 Query    SELECT whatever from whatever
            102983 Quit 

Creates an event for 08/03/15 7:27:03 correctly. However, when an event in this log is truncated like so:

             102983 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
             102983 Query    SELECT whatever from whatever
             102983 Quit 

Splunk reads the event ID as the timestamp instead as 10/29/2015 8:42:02 and groups the next 150+ lines including other events that should be split by timestamp.

Is there a way to account for these truncated log entries? The MySQL host in question is using all default settings.

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jcoates_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I'd experiment with the SHOULD_LINEMERGE=true options on this page http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.2/Data/Indexmulti-lineevents

I think BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE or BREAK_ONLY_AFTER might do it, depends on the data though.

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mcrawford44
Communicator

The sourcetype appears to take that into account already. I can't figure out why events are getting the wrong timestamp, and are being combined. There are two artifacts occurring and I can not seem to replicate them.

props.conf

    [mysql:generalQueryLog]
    KV_MODE = multi_mysql_query_log
    TRUNCATE = 0
    TIME_FORMAT = %y%m%d %H:%M:%S
    SHOULD_LINEMERGE = true
    BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE = ^(\d{6})\s
    EXTRACT-login_success = Connect\s*(?<user>[^@]+)@(?<client_host>\S+)
    EVAL-action = case(isnotnull(client_host), "success")
    EVAL-Id = case(isint(Id), Id)
    MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 128

This is what an event should look like with a timestamp of 08/03/2015 4:42:02;

150803  4:42:02 102917 Connect  drupal@server.com on whatever
        102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
        102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar

This is artifact #1 (Wrong timestamp, truncation of event start) that shows a timestamp of 10/29/2015 8:42:02;

            102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar
    150803  4:44:08 102917 Connect  drupal@server.com on whatever
            102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar
    150803  4:47:12 102917 Connect  drupal@server.com on whatever
            102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar

Artifact #2 ( wrong timestamp, and failure to break event ) that shows a timestamp of 10/29/2015 8:42:02;

    150803  4:42:02 102917 Connect  drupal@server.com on whatever
            102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar
    150803  4:43:02 102917 Connect  drupal@server.com on whatever
            102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar
    150803  4:44:02 102917 Connect  drupal@server.com on whatever
            102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar
    150803  4:45:02 102917 Connect  drupal@server.com on whatever
            102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar
    150803  4:42:02 102917 Connect  drupal@server.com on whatever
            102917 Query    select @@version_comment limit 1
            102917 Query    SELECT * FROM whatever WHERE foo Or bar
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mcrawford44
Communicator

It looks like this line is breaking on any 6 digits;

BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE = ^(\d{6})\s

I'm trying this;

BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE = ^(\d{6})\s+\d+:\d+:\d+
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