topic Re: wget and upload in Getting Data In

wget and upload

arienchen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:29:38 GMT

dear all,
how do I use wget command to post event or upload a file into splunk?
for some reason, the host is not allowed to install any program, even splunk forwarder.

Thanks & Regards,

Re: wget and upload

RubenOlsen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:01:46 GMT

Could you please elaborate what you mean by "the host is not allowed to install any program"? i.e. is the host where you want to run wget?

Also - please provide us with an example of which hosts you want to run what and fetch from where (splunk, wget, datasource used with wget).

Re: wget and upload

arienchen — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:38:43 GMT

It is a critical system for trading.
BTW,
I have a work around for my question.
1. Install a Linux + Tomcat(or Glassfish)
2. Write a simple upload JSP/Servlet
3. Install Splunk forwarder on the Linux.

Thanks.

Re: wget and upload

Jason — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 17:10:45 GMT

You can use the REST api to send an event to Splunk:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTAPI/RESTinput#receivers.2Fsimple

There's even an example with curl. It looks like wget doesn't support sending multipart/form-data to upload a file.

Re: wget and upload

Jason — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 21:00:51 GMT

curl will need to use a splunk username/password to log on. The Splunk user must have a role with the capability "edit_tcp"