Getting Data In

Monitoring unique log files

user789
New Member

What is the best way to monitor log files that are unique to a host?
For example, if hosta has log.x, and hostb has log.y, and so on, what would be the best way to define/import these logs from each individual host if they are unique to only one system within an environment?

0 Karma

afx
Contributor

I assume you want one deployed app for all the hosts.
Can you define the file names via a regex?

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.3/Data/Specifyinputpathswithwildcards

cheers
afx

0 Karma

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Perhaps [monitor:///log.*]?

---
If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
0 Karma
Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Persistent Queue at TcpOut — One of Splunk's Most Practical Features

Splunk introduced persistent queueing at the tcpout layer as one of the most practical resilience features in ...

Build resilience for the agentic era: Join us at Splunk Go San Jose

AI is changing how organizations build, operate, and secure digital services. As teams adopt AI agents and ...

Manage Edge Processor pipelines end to end with APIs

This guide uses the Data Management APIs to create an Edge Processor, onboard one instance, deploy a pipeline ...