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wmi.conf
The following are the spec and example files for wmi.conf.
wmi.conf.spec
# Version 6.2.8 # # This file contains possible attribute/value pairs for configuring # Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) access from Splunk. # # There is a wmi.conf in $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\system\default\. To set # custom configurations, place a wmi.conf in # $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\system\local\. For examples, see wmi.conf.example. # # You must restart Splunk to enable configurations. # # To learn more about configuration files (including precedence) please see the # documentation located at # http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Aboutconfigurationfiles ################################################################### #----GLOBAL SETTINGS----- ################################################################### [settings] * The settings stanza specifies various runtime parameters. * The entire stanza and every parameter within it is optional. * If the stanza is missing, Splunk assumes system defaults. initial_backoff = <integer> * How long, in seconds, to wait before retrying the connection to the WMI provider after the first connection error. * If connection errors continue, the wait time doubles until it reaches the integer specified in max_backoff. * Defaults to 5. max_backoff = <integer> * The maximum time, in seconds, to attempt to reconnect to the WMI provider. * Defaults to 20. max_retries_at_max_backoff = <integer> * Once max_backoff is reached, tells Splunk how many times to attempt to reconnect to the WMI provider. * Splunk will try to reconnect every max_backoff seconds. * If reconnection fails after max_retries, give up forever (until restart). * Defaults to 2. checkpoint_sync_interval = <integer> * The minimum wait time, in seconds, for state data (event log checkpoint) to be written to disk. * Defaults to 2. ################################################################### #----INPUT-SPECIFIC SETTINGS----- ################################################################### [WMI:$NAME] * There are two types of WMI stanzas: * Event log: for pulling event logs. You must set the event_log_file attribute. * WQL: for issuing raw Windows Query Language (WQL) requests. You must set the wql attribute. * Do not use both the event_log_file or the wql attributes. Use one or the other. server = <comma-separated strings> * A comma-separated list of servers from which to get data. * If not present, defaults to the local machine. interval = <integer> * How often, in seconds, to poll for new data. * This attribute is required, and the input will not run if the attribute is not present. * There is no default. disabled = [0|1] * Specifies whether the input is enabled or not. * 1 to disable the input, 0 to enable it. * Defaults to 0 (enabled). hostname = <host> * All results generated by this stanza will appear to have arrived from the string specified here. * This attribute is optional. * If it is not present, the input will detect the host automatically. current_only = [0|1] * Changes the characteristics and interaction of WMI-based event collections. * When current_only is set to 1: * For event log stanzas, this will only capture events that occur while Splunk is running. * For WQL stanzas, event notification queries are expected. The queried class must support sending events. Failure to supply the correct event notification query structure will cause WMI to return a syntax error. * An example event notification query that watches for process creation: * SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 1 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Process'. * When current_only is set to 0: * For event log stanzas, all the events from the checkpoint are gathered. If there is no checkpoint, all events starting from the oldest events are retrieved. * For WQL stanzas, the query is executed and results are retrieved. The query is a non-notification query. * For example * Select * Win32_Process where caption = "explorer.exe" * Defaults to 0. batch_size = <integer> * Number of events to fetch on each query. * Defaults to 10. index = <string> * Specifies the index that this input should send the data to. * This attribute is optional. * When defined, "index=" is automatically prepended to <string>. * Defaults to "index=main" (or whatever you have set as your default index). ##### # Event log-specific attributes: ##### event_log_file = <Application, System, etc> * Tells Splunk to expect event log data for this stanza, and specifies the event log channels you want Splunk to monitor. * Use this instead of WQL to specify sources. * Specify one or more event log channels to poll. Multiple event log channels must be separated by commas. * There is no default. disable_hostname_normalization = [0|1] * If set to true, hostname normalization is disabled * If absent or set to false, the hostname for 'localhost' will be converted to %COMPUTERNAME%. * 'localhost' refers to the following list of strings: localhost, 127.0.0.1, ::1, the name of the DNS domain for the local computer, * the fully qualified DNS name, the NetBIOS name, the DNS host name of the local computer ##### # WQL-specific attributes: ##### wql = <string> * Tells Splunk to expect data from a WMI provider for this stanza, and specifies the WQL query you want Splunk to make to gather that data. * Use this if you are not using the event_log_file attribute. * Ensure that your WQL queries are syntactically and structurally correct when using this option. * For example, SELECT * FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process WHERE Name = "splunkd". * If you wish to use event notification queries, you must also set the "current_only" attribute to 1 within the stanza, and your query must be appropriately structured for event notification (meaning it must contain one or more of the GROUP, WITHIN or HAVING clauses.) * For example, SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 1 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Process' * There is no default. namespace = <string> * The namespace where the WMI provider resides. * The namespace spec can either be relative (root\cimv2) or absolute (\\server\root\cimv2). * If the server attribute is present, you cannot specify an absolute namespace. * Defaults to root\cimv2.
wmi.conf.example
# Version 6.2.8 # # This is an example wmi.conf. These settings are used to control inputs from # WMI providers. Refer to wmi.conf.spec and the documentation at splunk.com for # more information about this file. # # To use one or more of these configurations, copy the configuration block into # wmi.conf in $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\system\local\. You must restart Splunk to # enable configurations. # # To learn more about configuration files (including precedence) please see the # documentation located at # http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Aboutconfigurationfiles # This stanza specifies runtime parameters. [settings] initial_backoff = 5 max_backoff = 20 max_retries_at_max_backoff = 2 checkpoint_sync_interval = 2 # Pull events from the Application, System and Security event logs from the # local system every 10 seconds. Store the events in the "wmi_eventlog" # Splunk index. [WMI:LocalApplication] interval = 10 event_log_file = Application disabled = 0 index = wmi_eventlog [WMI:LocalSystem] interval = 10 event_log_file = System disabled = 0 index = wmi_eventlog [WMI:LocalSecurity] interval = 10 event_log_file = Security disabled = 0 index = wmi_eventlog # Gather disk and memory performance metrics from the local system every second. # Store event in the "wmi_perfmon" Splunk index. [WMI:LocalPhysicalDisk] interval = 1 wql = select Name, DiskBytesPerSec, PercentDiskReadTime, PercentDiskWriteTime, PercentDiskTime from Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfDisk_PhysicalDisk disabled = 0 index = wmi_perfmon [WMI:LocalMainMemory] interval = 10 wql = select CommittedBytes, AvailableBytes, PercentCommittedBytesInUse, Caption from Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Memory disabled = 0 index = wmi_perfmon # Collect all process-related performance metrics for the splunkd process, # every second. Store those events in the "wmi_perfmon" index. [WMI:LocalSplunkdProcess] interval = 1 wql = select * from Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Process where Name = "splunkd" disabled = 0 index = wmi_perfmon # Listen from three event log channels, capturing log events that occur only # while Splunk is running, every 10 seconds. Gather data from three remote # servers srv1, srv2 and srv3. [WMI:TailApplicationLogs] interval = 10 event_log_file = Application, Security, System server = srv1, srv2, srv3 disabled = 0 current_only = 1 batch_size = 10 # Listen for process-creation events on a remote machine, once a second. [WMI:ProcessCreation] interval = 1 server = remote-machine wql = select * from __InstanceCreationEvent within 1 where TargetInstance isa 'Win32_Process' disabled = 0 current_only = 1 batch_size = 10 # Receive events whenever someone connects or removes a USB device on # the computer, once a second. [WMI:USBChanges] interval = 1 wql = select * from __InstanceOperationEvent within 1 where TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_PnPEntity' and TargetInstance.Description='USB Mass Storage Device' disabled = 0 current_only = 1 batch_size = 10
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