How to configure data inputs to forward files from storage instead of local drives?

[newbiesplunk]

Hi, i want to forward files from the storage instead of from the local drives, what would be the solution? thks

[halr9000]

I think you want the Monitor Files and Directories section of the Getting Data In manual. How you access a file, whether it's local or remote, is a matter of your operating system, and architectural preference. You might also want to look at deploying a forwarder (on that remote target).

[martin_mueller]

Define "the storage". How do you access that data?