https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96171#M20031 <P>Actually, I send log to splunk over UDP not TCP.</P> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:18:04 GMT cgladky 2012-03-21T10:18:04Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96168#M20028 <P>I have a task: investigate possibility not to install universal forwarder and use only java instead.<BR /> Can REST API (java sdk) allow to do it?</P> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:23:19 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96168#M20028 cgladky 2012-03-19T14:23:19Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96169#M20029 <P>You could use log4j to send data to Splunk over TCP, or you could use the REST API to write data to Splunk. See the <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.1/RESTAPI/RESTinput#receivers.2Fsimple">receivers endpoint documentation</A></P> <P>See also the <A href="http://dev.splunk.com/view/java-sdk/SP-CAAAECN">Splunk Java SDK</A></P> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:56:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96169#M20029 dart 2012-03-19T15:56:59Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96170#M20030 <P>Have a look at <A href="http://dev.splunk.com/view/community-projects/SP-CAAAED7">Splunk Java Logging</A>.</P> <P>It has a appenders/handlers for log4j, logback and java.util logging, so you can seamlessly integrate it into your Java code for logging to Splunk via REST.</P> <P>Download it and check out the examples !!</P> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:24:21 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96170#M20030 Damien_Dallimor 2012-03-19T23:24:21Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96171#M20031 <P>Actually, I send log to splunk over UDP not TCP.</P> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:18:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96171#M20031 cgladky 2012-03-21T10:18:04Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96172#M20032 <P>Why? UDP should be avoided for data that needs to have guaranteed delivery.</P> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:33:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96172#M20032 Ayn 2012-03-21T10:33:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96173#M20033 <P>It works. thanks.</P> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:28:05 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96173#M20033 cgladky 2012-03-21T15:28:05Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96174#M20034 <P>My try to use TCP fails <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span></P> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:29:47 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-REST-API-allow-not-to-install-splunk-forwarder/m-p/96174#M20034 cgladky 2012-03-21T15:29:47Z