topic Logs from remote host in Getting Data In

Logs from remote host

andrey2007 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:13:02 GMT

I have access to shared folder in my network. I want to get logs for Splunk from this folder. How can i make it? May i add this folder in Manager » Data inputs » Files & directories or i need forwarder.

Re: Logs from remote host

treinke — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:09:26 GMT

Are these Windows or *nix machines?

Re: Logs from remote host

andrey2007 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:16:19 GMT

Windows machines, i use login and pasword for access to shared folder

Re: Logs from remote host

treinke — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:22:33 GMT

If it is Windows to Windows, I believe you can use UNC paths. In the manager, go to Data inputs, Files & directories, New. In the "Full path to your data", enter the full path to the files/folder.

\\machine.domain.com\path\to\your\files\

*sorry, all my Splunk servers are Linux

Re: Logs from remote host

mikelanghorst — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:15:35 GMT

I'm in the same boat, use very little windows so far. Splunk would need to run as a Domain user, not Local System for this to work.

Re: Logs from remote host

gkanapathy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:01:07 GMT

correct, the Splunk service would have to run as a network/domain user with access to the UNC path. Otherwise, you would run a local forwarder on the source machine.