Enable custom segmentation
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Enable custom segmentation
You can set up segmenters.conf to work with a specific host, source, or sourcetype by configuring props.conf. Create a stanza in props.conf, designating your desired host, source or sourcetype, and then add the two required keys - the [SEGMENTATION=] key and the [SEGMENTATION-all=] key. These keys must refer to the segmentation rules you have created in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/local/segmenters.conf or rules that already exist in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/default/segmenters.conf.
Important: SEGMENTATION must be fully capitalized.
Configuration
[<spec>] SEGMENTATION = $SEG_RULE SEGMENTATION-all = $SEG_RULE2
<spec> can be:
- <sourcetype>, the sourcetype of an event
- host::<host>, where <host> is the host for an event
- source::<source>, where <source> is the source for an event
$SEG_RULE and $SEG_RULE2 refer to the segmentation rules you have created in segmenters.conf. They can be different or the same.
Example
Add the following to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/local/props.conf:
[syslog] SEGMENTATION = inner SEGMENTATION-all = inner
This will change all syslog data to use inner segmentation.
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