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What are the different mechanisms for importing data into Splunk on premise?

tgjmaxx — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:05:12 GMT

For Splunk on premise, what are the different mechanisms for data import?
1. Is API layer available?
2. Does CSV import utilities available on app store work with Splunk on premise?

Re: What are the different mechanisms for importing data into Splunk on premise?

ppablo — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:33:17 GMT

Hi @tgjmaxx

Have you looked through Splunk documentation for this question yet?
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/Data/Howdoyouwanttoadddata

Re: What are the different mechanisms for importing data into Splunk on premise?

satishsdange — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:04:54 GMT

You can also refer below link for getting data into Splunk -

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.2/Data/WhatSplunkcanmonitor

Re: What are the different mechanisms for importing data into Splunk on premise?

stephanefotso — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:48:25 GMT

The data pipeline. Look at this:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.2/Deploy/Datapipeline

Re: What are the different mechanisms for importing data into Splunk on premise?

satishsdange — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:43:28 GMT

Using REST API, you can pull data into Splunk. Here is a ready-made app for you -
https://apps.splunk.com/app/1546/

For CSV, just point Splunk to that path. Splunk will automatically index that.