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JSON - different output in the data preview and monitored files

abilis
Explorer

HI,

does anyone know why when i use data preview or a manually upload the file and apply a custom json sourcetype everything seems to be fine and splunk is recognizing an event per line, but when i monitor a file from a remote server i can see in the index the exact number of event that i have in the remote file but the search only show 1 event

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in the remote inputs.conf file i have specified the name of the sourcetype i want to use

[monitor://X:\Logs\Website]
disabled = false
index = sandbox_webservers_logs_errors
whitelist = errors

sourcetype = ErrorLog_json

thanks for your help...

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abilis
Explorer

the client machine has an universal forwarded installed, and the inputs.conf has the following

[monitor://X:\Logs\Website]
disabled = false
index = sandbox_webservers_logs_errors
whitelist = errors
sourcetype = ErrorLog_json

the index database shows 177 events which is correct then when i go to the search bar and i type the following it only give 1 line

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index="sandbox_webservers_logs_errors" sourcetype="ErrorLog_json"

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chrisyounger
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If your data is going through a heavy forwarder before it gets to your indexer, then you will need to put your [ErrorLog_json] sourcetype stanza on that heavy forwarder.

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