<div dir="ltr">On that note is there a better way to handle a static host list for a filter like VP needs? <div><br></div><div>I'm using the same method but fully qualified host match. I need to send about 20 hosts logs to a specific destination. </div><div>They do not match any unique header. I cannot say all "ASA" because only some need to go and not all sources are ASA or even on the same subnet.</div><div><br></div><div>Seems to work ok but ugly as hell having "host or host or host or ...." in a filter. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks </div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:32 AM, <a href="mailto:wiskbroom@hotmail.com">wiskbroom@hotmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wiskbroom@hotmail.com" target="_blank">wiskbroom@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Not exactly what you asked but I have used netmask to simplify some filters. Although it probably won't be able to solve your problem. </div>
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<div>Date: 6/6/17 8:07 AM (GMT-05:00) </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">First of all, the content of the host() is a regular expression, so adding .* to the beginning and/or to the end of the expression adds nothing, just pain/slowness.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Second, it would help a lot if we can see the actual error message. I found no obvious mistake, but because this is not the original line, maybe something lost
in the translation.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [syslog-ng] Filter Not Working (too many or's?)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Here is an example of what I am trying to do, these hostnames are not real; the real ones have no common pattern.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">filter f_xyz { host("*.abca.*") or host(".*abcb.*") or host(".*abcc.*") or host(".*abcd.*") or host(".*abce.*") or host(".*abcf.*") or host(".*abcg.*") or host(".*abch.*"); };<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The filter above is for any host containing a hostname with what is contained within the .* and *.; i.e. hostabca01 will be matched by host("*.abca.*")
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">When I have this filter in my config, syslog fails to restart.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Eyes hurt, obvious mistake?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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