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Syslog Sources Not Capturing Originating IP Address

  • February 17, 2026
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Hi, is it possible to capture the originating IP for syslog sources? My customer has a specific requirement.

Best answer by xpac xpac

you already do, capture some events, click the little wheel icon, select "show internal fields", there's one called __SyslogIpPort or the like... it has the client IP

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you already do, capture some events, click the little wheel icon, select "show internal fields", there's one called __SyslogIpPort or the like... it has the client IP

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you can then extract/eval that to whatever non-internal field (internal = starting with __ ) you wish

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  • February 17, 2026
Ah, great. Many thanks @user