Regex expressions for sting matching

Hello,

I'm new to regex and solarwinds. I'm trying to come up with a policy rule that checks GigabitEthernet0/2 - 0/45 for the command "switchport mode trunk" and alert me if it finds it on any of those specified ports.

I have been unable to get anything to work. The best I've gotten is

interface GigabitEthernet0\/([2-9]$|[1-3][0-9]$|4[0-5])\n\s*\S+\s\S+\s\S+\s\S+\n\s*switchport mode trunk

This finds the interface line for the specified ports, skips the next line, and then checks the switchport mode line for trunk vs access.

interface GigabitEthernet0/44

switchport access vlan 20

switchport mode access

switchport voice vlan 40

spanning-tree portfast edge

spanning-tree bpduguard enable

Solarwinds searches the config (I made sure the downloaded config was current first) and says this:

Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 3.59.36 PM.png

Below is a screenshot of my rule in solarwinds:

Screen Shot 2018-07-26 at 4.02.45 PM.png

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Drew

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jkrenzien

I would use the config block search for what you are trying to accomplish. I have a few similar rules that I have setup like the image below. Just modify the config block start to your interface criteria and the rule string to 'switchport mode trunk'

Let me know how this works for you.

drewcifer2174

Ah! Thank you! This did exactly what I wanted it to do! Thank you!