Github user merrimanr commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/incubator-metron/pull/308#discussion_r83243880 --- 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 -- I think something like this deserves the same treatment a new feature would get (discussion around requirements, design, etc). There are lots of issues to work though including how the patterns are organized in ZK, how they get upload to ZK, how the parser selectively loads the appropriate patterns and more. We could start with a Jira after this is merged and go from there.
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