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Need help configuring i/o to capture data from universal forwarders

jiaqya
Builder

looking to find a procedure or help to configure i/o so i can capture the same from universal forwarders.

currently the iostat source type is not showing any i/o for disk, but it shows only for cpu and mem.
can you guide me to set this up so i can collect disk i/o

thanks

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Go to your DS CLI and do this:

find /opt/splunk/etc/deployment-apps -type f -name inputs.conf -exec grep -il iostat {} \;

When you find the app (it could be one of several), make sure that there is a local directory and in there an inputs.conf file (if not, create them). Then copy the stanza header from the inputs.conf in the default directory (probably [script://./bin/iostat.sh]) and add disabled = 0 on the next line. Save it and then reload the configurations on DS to let it go out.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Go to your DS CLI and do this:

find /opt/splunk/etc/deployment-apps -type f -name inputs.conf -exec grep -il iostat {} \;

When you find the app (it could be one of several), make sure that there is a local directory and in there an inputs.conf file (if not, create them). Then copy the stanza header from the inputs.conf in the default directory (probably [script://./bin/iostat.sh]) and add disabled = 0 on the next line. Save it and then reload the configurations on DS to let it go out.

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ddrillic
Ultra Champion

Maybe it's disabled, like mine ; -)

[script://./bin/iostat.sh]
interval = 60
sourcetype = iostat
source = iostat
index = os
disabled = 1
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jiaqya
Builder

thanks that did the trick... 🙂

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