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procmon-filters.conf

The following are the spec and example files for procmon-filters.conf.

procmon-filters.conf.spec

#   Version 8.0.0
#
# *** DEPRECATED ***
#
#
# This file contains potential attribute/value pairs to use when configuring
# Windows registry monitoring. The procmon-filters.conf file contains the
# regular expressions you create to refine and filter the processes you want
# Splunk to monitor. 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

#### find out if this file is still being used.

[<stanza name>]

* Name of the filter being defined.

proc = <string>
* Regex specifying process image that you want Splunk to monitor.

type = <string>
* Regex specifying the type(s) of process event that you want Splunk to
  monitor.

hive = <string>
* Not used in this context, but should always have value ".*"

procmon-filters.conf.example

#   Version 8.0.0
#
# This file contains example registry monitor filters. To create your own
# filter, use the information in procmon-filters.conf.spec.
#
# To use one or more of these configurations, copy the configuration block into
# procmon-filters.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

[default]
hive = .*

[not-splunk-optimize]
proc = (?<!splunk-optimize.exe)$
type = create|exit|image

Last modified on 06 January, 2020
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