https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-a-folder-on-an-online-site-for-csv-files-similar/m-p/167311#M33862 <P>If you have access to the site that will store the files, I recommend installing a Splunk Universal Forwarder. The forwarder will monitor the file in the same way Splunk is doing for you now and send the contents to your indexer(s). Installing a forwarder is very simple. See the docs at <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.4/Forwarding/Aboutforwardingandreceivingdata">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.4/Forwarding/Aboutforwardingandreceivingdata</A>.</P> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:04:33 GMT richgalloway 2015-08-12T17:04:33Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-a-folder-on-an-online-site-for-csv-files-similar/m-p/167310#M33861 <P>My splunk instance is currently monitoring a local file and indexing .csv files as they are added. I need to move this file to an online site. So, given that I have a URL to a folder or file, how would I configure Splunk to monitor the online directory in a similiar fashion to monitoring a local directory?</P> <P>I'm pretty new to Splunk so am not very familiar with the REST API or setting up a Splunk forwarder. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</P> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:46:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-a-folder-on-an-online-site-for-csv-files-similar/m-p/167310#M33861 jtoan 2015-08-12T16:46:52Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-a-folder-on-an-online-site-for-csv-files-similar/m-p/167311#M33862 <P>If you have access to the site that will store the files, I recommend installing a Splunk Universal Forwarder. The forwarder will monitor the file in the same way Splunk is doing for you now and send the contents to your indexer(s). Installing a forwarder is very simple. See the docs at <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.4/Forwarding/Aboutforwardingandreceivingdata">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.4/Forwarding/Aboutforwardingandreceivingdata</A>.</P> Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:04:33 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-a-folder-on-an-online-site-for-csv-files-similar/m-p/167311#M33862 richgalloway 2015-08-12T17:04:33Z