Indexing ZIP files

[efelder0]

Can Splunk index gzip/zip files (flat-file format)?

[Ayn]

Yes.

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/279/does-splunk-index-gzip-files

[efelder0]

OK, good. Are there config changes that need to occur?

[efelder0]

props.conf, transforms.conf

[Ayn]

Nope! It indexes it right out of the box.

[dwaddle]

Pedantic reminder that "zip" != "gzip". One of these (.zip) is the venerable PKZIP format that allows multiple files within an archive. The other (.gz) is the gzip single-file compression format.

[hurricanelabs]

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Monitorfilesanddirectories#How_Splunk_Enterp...