Getting Data In

How does Splunk find sourcetypes?

aapittts
Path Finder

I have several instances of SplunkforBlueCoat and have recently run into a strange issue. Splunk cannot find the BlueCoat sourcetype. I haven't had this issue before and I've checked my props.conf & transforms.conf with correct ones and cannot find any differences. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

check the inputs.conf, this is where you specify which sourcetype to apply to which source.

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aapittts
Path Finder

I'm not seeing where in the inputs.conf the source type is defined.

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aapittts
Path Finder

should there be an inputs.conf in the default or local directories of Splunk for Blue Coat?

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