https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-ask-Splunk-to-get-retrieve-a-log-file/m-p/345444#M965 <P>When you do a "pull" for data instead of a "push", you have to write some glue. You need a Universal Forwarder as a way-station and then you write a script to go to the source machine and pull the data to the UF. You then use traditional means to forward from there, being careful to use the original host for field <CODE>host</CODE> (instead of the UF's value).</P> Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:17:41 GMT woodcock 2017-06-14T00:17:41Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-ask-Splunk-to-get-retrieve-a-log-file/m-p/345443#M964 <P>Hi,</P> <P>My log files are stored an a machine. There is no way I can tell this machine to send them somewhere. I must manually go into some directories and pull them all out.<BR /> Can Splunk do that for me?</P> <P>Thanks</P> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:42:44 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-ask-Splunk-to-get-retrieve-a-log-file/m-p/345443#M964 splunkbee 2017-06-13T21:42:44Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-ask-Splunk-to-get-retrieve-a-log-file/m-p/345444#M965 <P>When you do a "pull" for data instead of a "push", you have to write some glue. You need a Universal Forwarder as a way-station and then you write a script to go to the source machine and pull the data to the UF. You then use traditional means to forward from there, being careful to use the original host for field <CODE>host</CODE> (instead of the UF's value).</P> Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:17:41 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-ask-Splunk-to-get-retrieve-a-log-file/m-p/345444#M965 woodcock 2017-06-14T00:17:41Z