https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-sets-the-system-name-in-system-local-inputs-conf/m-p/71772#M180892 <P>do you mean the host field?</P> <PRE><CODE>[monitor://blah] host = HOSTNAME </CODE></PRE> <P>If you don't define this then it will use the host IP.<BR /> See;<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Inputsconf">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Inputsconf</A><BR /> for more details</P> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:12:16 GMT Drainy 2011-09-08T08:12:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-sets-the-system-name-in-system-local-inputs-conf/m-p/71771#M180891 <P>It's all in the title. You can configure the system name in server.conf via Manager, but what sets the one in inputs.conf?</P> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:28:43 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-sets-the-system-name-in-system-local-inputs-conf/m-p/71771#M180891 cmeo 2011-09-08T05:28:43Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-sets-the-system-name-in-system-local-inputs-conf/m-p/71772#M180892 <P>do you mean the host field?</P> <PRE><CODE>[monitor://blah] host = HOSTNAME </CODE></PRE> <P>If you don't define this then it will use the host IP.<BR /> See;<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Inputsconf">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Inputsconf</A><BR /> for more details</P> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:12:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/What-sets-the-system-name-in-system-local-inputs-conf/m-p/71772#M180892 Drainy 2011-09-08T08:12:16Z