Github user cestella commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/incubator-metron/pull/308#discussion_r83111665 --- Diff: metron-platform/metron-parsers/src/main/config/zookeeper/parsers/websphere.json --- @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "sensorTopic":"websphere", "parserConfig": { - "grokPath":"/patterns/websphere", + "grokPattern":"# Days - two digit number is used\nDAY \\d{1,2}\n# Time - two digit hour, minute, and second\nTIME \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}\n# Timestamp - month, day, and time\nTIMESTAMP %{MONTH:UNWANTED}\\s+%{DAY:UNWANTED} %{TIME:UNWANTED}\n# Generic word field\nWORD \\w+\n# Priority\nPRIORITY \\d+\n# Log start - the first part of the log line\nLOGSTART <%{PRIORITY:priority}>?%{TIMESTAMP:timestamp_string} %{WORD:hostname}\n# Security domain\nSECURITY_DOMAIN [%{WORD:security_domain}]\n# Log middle - the middle part of the log line\nLOGMIDDLE (\\[%{WORD:security_domain}\\])?\\[%{WORD:event_code}\\]\\[%{WORD:event_type}\\]\\[%{WORD:severity}\\]\n# Define IP address formats\nIPV6 ((([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){7}([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){6}(:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}|((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){5}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,2})|:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d) ){3})|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){4}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,3})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})?:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){3}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,4})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,2}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){2}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,5})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,3}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)){3}))|:))|(([0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}:){1}(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,6})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,4}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)){3}))|:))|(:(((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){1,7})|((:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}){0,5}:((25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|1\\d\\d|[1-9]?\\d)){3}))|:)))(%.+)?\nIPV4 (?<![0-9])(?:(?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]?[0-9]{1,2})[.](?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]?[0-9]{1,2})[.](?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[0-1]?[0-9]{1,2})[.](?:25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9] |[0-1]?[0-9]{1,2}))(?![0-9])\nIP (?:%{IPV6:UNWANTED}|%{IPV4:UNWANTED})\n# Message - the message body of the log\nMESSAGE .*\n# WebSphere - the entire log message\nWEBSPHERE %{LOGSTART:UNWANTED} %{LOGMIDDLE:UNWANTED} %{MESSAGE:message}", --- End diff -- Can we please do something to allow multiline strings to be a bit easier to write? My vote is accepting lists of strings or strings for `grokPattern` and joining them in the case of list a la http://stackoverflow.com/a/7744658
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