topic Re: Universal forwarder -> Scheduled a Script Input in Getting Data In

Universal forwarder -> Scheduled a Script Input

lpolo — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:15 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible to scheduled a script input in a universal forwarder?

Thanks in advance.

Luciano

Re: Universal forwarder -> Scheduled a Script Input

araitz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:03:26 GMT

Yes, absolutely. For example, we have many folks using our Windows and Unix apps and technical add-ons on our univeral forwarders, which are primarily scripted inputs.

Re: Universal forwarder -> Scheduled a Script Input

lpolo — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:05:51 GMT

Excellent.
Is it configured like in a regular indexer?
If not: Could you provide an example configuration to run a script every 4 hours?

Regards,
Lp

Re: Universal forwarder -> Scheduled a Script Input

araitz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:11:32 GMT

Yes, the configuration is identical to the one on the indexer. The main thing is that the forwarder must be configured to send the data somewhere, as it does no indexing itself. You can download the Unix TA at http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/33800/splunk-for-unix-and-linux-technology-add-on and look in default/inputs.conf for an example.

Re: Universal forwarder -> Scheduled a Script Input

lpolo — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:08:00 GMT

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/inputsconf