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alert_actions.conf

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alert_actions.conf

Alert_actions.conf controls parameters for available alerting actions for scheduled searches.


To edit this configuration for your local Splunk server, make your edits in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/local/alert_actions.conf.


You can create this file by copying examples from $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/READMEalert_actions.conf.example.


Never edit files in our default bundle in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/default or your changes may be overwritten in an upgrade.


alert_actions.conf.spec

# This file contains possible values for specific properties of email and rss
# tsaved search action/alert in actions.conf file
[<email saved search action>]
from = <string>
    * Email address from where the email is coming from
subject = <string>
 * By default the subject is SplunkAlert-<splunkname>.  
 * You can use this to specify an alternative email subject
format = <string>
 * Specify the format of the text in the email.
  * Possible values include:  plain, html and csv.    
 * The value for will also apply to any attachments as well as the text of an email.    
[rss saved search action]
items_count = <number>
    * Threshold of how many rss feeds will be saved

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.0 , 3.0.1 , 3.0.2 , 3.1 , 3.1.1 , 3.1.2 , 3.1.3 View the Article History for its revisions.


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