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How to configure Splunk to collect local rsyslog data (rsyslog and Splunk are on same server)?

ananthan123
Explorer

Hello,

We have installed Splunk on our rsyslogd server and would like to parse all the rsyslog data to Splunk.

Can I configure as below to collect the data locally ?

*.* @@127.0.0.1

Do I need to anything else except, adding the above line?

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

It is typically done like this (which is how we always do it):
http://www.georgestarcher.com/splunk-success-with-syslog/

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