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How to edit our props.conf and transforms.conf to parse a CSV file we are indexing in Hunk?

jwalzerpitt
Influencer

I am trying to configure the props and transforms conf files for logs that's in .csv format that we're querying via a virtual index in Hunk.

My props.conf file is configured as follows:

[source::/LogCentral/Applications/Shibboleth_PRD/*]
sourcetype = shibboleth

[shibboleth]
REPORT-manual-shib = manual-shib

My transforms.conf file is configured as follows:

[manual-shib]
DELIMS = ","
FIELDS = username,mfa_service_code,date_requested,mfa_ip_address,mfa_value_returned,mfa_required,zip,latitude,longitude,timezone,country_code,country,city,isp,organization_name,as_name,region,region_name,audit_date_created,audit_created_by,audit_date_modified,audit_modified_by

I restart Hunk/Splunk service and when I run a search (index=shibboleth), the fields aren't being extracted.

Any help on what I'm missing or fat-fingered in my configs would be greatly appreciated.

Thx

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rdagan_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

[source::/LogCentral/Applications/Shibboleth_PRD/*]
should be
[source::/LogCentral/Applications/Shibboleth_PRD/...]

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jwalzerpitt
Influencer

Thx for pointing out that error. I fixed that source to /... and then re-ran the query but the fields still aren't being extracted. I opened a case with Splunk as all sources I have (properly set to /...) are also no longer having fields automatically extracted. This issue seemed to have arose when I updated to version 6.4.2.

Thx

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rdagan_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Based on this link:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Hunk/6.4.1/HunkReleaseNotes/Releasenotes -- See ERP-1901 - there was an issue with CSV extraction but it was fixed in 6.4.1.

I am checking to see if that same fixed is also in 6.4.2

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jwalzerpitt
Influencer

Thx for checking.

I have three other sources - Cisco ISE, Cisco ASA, and Windows Event Logs - whose fields were being extracted before I updated to version 6.4.2. For those three sources I was using the relevant add-ons: Splunk_CiscoISE (with Splunk_TA_cisco-ise), Splunk_TA_windows, and Splunk_TA_cisco-asa.

Here are the stanzas for those three from my props.conf file:

[source::/LogCentral/Applications/ISE_PRD/...]
sourcetype = cisco:ise:syslog
DATETIME_CONFIG =
NO_BINARY_CHECK = true
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false

[source::/LogCentral/Applications/Firewall_PRD/...]
sourcetype = cisco:asa

[source::/LogCentral/WindowsEvent/PRD/...]
sourcetype = windows_snare_syslog
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rdagan_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I tried 6.4.2 with a CSV file, and Hunk did the right thing without any entry in the props.conf. Hunk auto translated the CSV to a JSON visualization automatically

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jwalzerpitt
Influencer

Thx for the update.

I tried extracting fields and then saved the extracted fields, restarted Splunk, and the fields still didn't extract.

Waiting to work with Splunk support...

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ddrillic
Ultra Champion

The following speaks about it Hunk - Conditional Record Format

What is the path for your configurations?

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jwalzerpitt
Influencer

What configurations? props and transforms?

Thx

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ddrillic
Ultra Champion

Right ; - )

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jwalzerpitt
Influencer

I even modified my props.con file as follows and still no automated field extraction:

[source::/LogCentral/Applications/Shibboleth_PRD/*]
sourcetype = shibboleth
REPORT-manual-shib = manual-shib
KV_MODE = none
NO_BINARY_CHECK = true
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false
category = Custom
description = Comma-separated value format. Set header and other settings in "Delimited Settings"
pulldown_type = true
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