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metaevents.conf

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metaevents.conf

Metaevents.conf sets preferences for the creation of metaevents.


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


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


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


metaevents.conf.spec 

# Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Splunk Inc.  All Rights Reserved.  Version 3.0 
#
[qid]
PREAMBLE = The following is a mail transaction generated by Splunk.
# This file contains all possible options for a "metaevents.conf" file.
#
# The metaevents.conf file contains preferences for the creation of metaevents.
#
# This file may have zero or more stanzas. The stanza names establish a namespace
# for different metaevent types. A metaevent type is defined as the prefix to ::
# in the cluster keys for the metaevent. For example, if the cluster identifier for
# a metaevent is "qid::...", the stanza [qid] would contain its settings.
#
#
# Key definitions
#
PREAMBLE = <string>
  * This literal string is emitted at the top of each metaevent.
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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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