eventdiscoverer.conf

The following are the spec and example files for eventdiscoverer.conf.

eventdiscoverer.conf.spec

   Version 8.0.5

 This file contains possible attributes and values you can use to configure
 event discovery through the search command "typelearner."

 There is an eventdiscoverer.conf in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/.  To set
 custom configurations, place an eventdiscoverer.conf in
 $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/.  For examples, see
 eventdiscoverer.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

 Use the [default] stanza to define any global settings.
   * You can also define global settings outside of any stanza, at the top of
     the file.
   * Each conf file should have at most one default stanza. If there are
     multiple default stanzas, attributes are combined. In the case of
     multiple definitions of the same attribute, the last definition in the
     file wins.
   * If an attribute is defined at both the global level and in a specific
     stanza, the value in the specific stanza takes precedence.

ignored_keywords = <comma-separated list of terms> 
* If you find that event types have terms you do not want considered (for
  example, "mylaptopname"), add that term to this list.
* Terms in this list are never considered for defining an event type.
* For more details, refer to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/eventdiscoverer.conf).
* Default = "sun, mon, tue,..." 

ignored_fields = <comma-separated list of fields>
* Similar to ignored_keywords, except these are fields as defined in Splunk
  instead of terms.
* Defaults include time-related fields that would not be useful for defining an
  event type.

important_keywords = <comma-separated list of terms> 
* When there are multiple possible phrases for generating an eventtype search,
  those phrases with important_keyword terms are favored.  For example, 
  "fatal error" would be preferred over "last message repeated", as "fatal" is
  an important keyword.
* Default = "abort, abstract, accept,..."
* For the full default setting, see $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/eventdiscoverer.conf.

eventdiscoverer.conf.example

#   Version 8.0.5
#
# This is an example eventdiscoverer.conf.  These settings are used to control
# the discovery of common eventtypes used by the typelearner search command.
#
# To use one or more of these configurations, copy the configuration block into
# eventdiscoverer.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


# Terms in this list are never considered for defining an eventtype.
ignored_keywords = foo, bar, application, kate, charlie

# Fields in this list are never considered for defining an eventtype.
ignored_fields = pid, others, directory