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Connect to Splunk forwarder with java SDK

pduflot
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Hello,

Can I use the Java SDK to connect to a Splunk Forwarder and send data through TCP input ?
Do I need an heavy forwarder or a an universal forwarder?
Will the forwarder buffer events in memory in case of network failure with the indexer? (I hope so)

Thanks!

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Yes. You can find out more details as well as other tools (Eclipse plug-ins, examples, etc) starting here:

http://dev.splunk.com/view/java-sdk/SP-CAAAECN

And more directly here:

http://dev.splunk.com/view/java-sdk/SP-CAAAEJ2

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