An admin is using Data Preview to validate a new syslog input. The preview shows events with the correct source and sourcetype, but the host field is showing the IP address of the syslog server instead of the hostname of the device that generated the logs. What is the most likely cause?

The timestamp extraction is failing, causing the host to default to the server IP.

The sourcetype is incorrectly set, preventing hostname extraction.

The line breaking settings are merging events, causing the host to be overwritten.

The input is configured to use the syslog server's IP as the host, rather than extracting the hostname from the syslog header.

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An admin is using Data Preview to validate a new syslog input. The preview shows events with the correct source and sourcetype, but the host field is showing the IP address of the syslog server instead of the hostname of the device that generated the logs. What is the most likely cause?

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