Getting Data In

How can I send events from a monitor input file to an index I created?

Rocky31
Path Finder

I am not sure about this, it's very tricky. Can anyone help me on this?
Do I need to update any .conf files?

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Do you have a fresh install of Splunk? If so, you need to enable your Indexer to listen on port 9997. Once that's done you then need to use your deployment server (or login to the machine with the forwarder installed) and edit the inputs.conf to monitor a file and have an outputs.conf to tell the forwarder where to send the data to

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/6.6.1/Forwarding/Enableareceiver

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/6.6.1/Forwarding/Configuredatacollectiononforwarder...

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/6.6.1/Forwarding/Configureforwarderswithoutputs.con...

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adonio
Ultra Champion

identify the index under the monitoring stanza in inputs.conf
[monitor:///my_stuff]
index = my_stuuf_index

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