Script to restore splunk frozen databases that containt events in a specific timeframe
Usage:
root@XXXXXX:~# python splunk_frozen_db_restore.py
We're using the default index path, for custom indexes please adjust the path variable here
Enter index:winevents_security
Enter start date: (eg 30.12.2015): 31.12.2015
Enter end date: (eg 30.12.2015): 01.01.2016
[+] Searching dates on index winevents_security
in /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/winevents_security/frozendb/
1451516400
1451602800
Got 313 elements from /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/winevents_security/frozendb/
Found : db_1452350660_1451453107_329
[+] Copying databases into thaweddb..
cp -R /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/winevents_security/frozendb/db_1452350660_1451453107_329 /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/winevents_security/thaweddb/
[+] Rebuilding DBs
splunkd fsck repair --one-bucket --include-hots --bucket-path=/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/winevents_security/thaweddb/db_1452350660_1451453107_329 --log-to--splunkd-log
root@XXXXXX:~#