topic Re: sending in data over TCP in Getting Data In

sending in data over TCP

shangshin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:20:38 GMT

Hi, I have web log file available on remote linux and would like to send it to splunk server over TCP. I have aded a new TCP port, 33333, on the splunk server but can't find the document to continue. Can someone show me the right direction or document?

Re: sending in data over TCP

miwalker — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:00:36 GMT

I am doing something similar at my company. There isn't a whole lot of setup necessary, really. Here's a bit of my inputs.conf

[tcp://33333]  
disabled = false  
connection_host = dns  
index = foo  
sourcetype = bar

You can find more config in the docs for inputs.conf

Other than that, it pretty much works. Hope this helps.

Re: sending in data over TCP

shangshin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:32:55 GMT

Thanks for the answer. I can add these configuration in the splunk server but I am still puzzled on how to "push" web access log from remote server to splunk over tcp?

Re: sending in data over TCP

miwalker — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:50:12 GMT

So we have written an in house app that takes care of getting the log data out over TCP. You might be able to get creative with netcat or similar tools.

Re: sending in data over TCP

shangshin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:35:07 GMT

I see. thank you.