Adding new data to index with a new sourcetype

[Kendrick33]

I want add some files from a directory to be monitored by splunk, but I also want to give it a new sourcetype called capacityType

According to the admin manual would it be:

./splunk add monitor /opt/capacity_script/newdblog/capacity_* [-sourcetype capacityType]

[thall79]

Try removing the [ ] around -sourcetype capacityType.

./splunk add monitor /opt/capacity_script/newdblog/capacity_* -sourcetype capacityType

This should update the inputs.conf located in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/search/local folder.

Also after updating the inputs.conf I always do a splunk restart.

Hope this helps

travis.

[Kendrick33]

Thanks travis for your help!