I have a requirement to duplicate a default SPLUNK sourcetype. The duplicate sourcetype is based on the JSON sourcetype. Effectively my new sourcetype is configured as follows
[json:myapp]
INDEXED_EXTRACTIONS = JSON
TIMESTAMP_FIELDS = date
TIME_FORMAT = %Y%m%d
TZ = ****** [redacted]
detect_trailing_nulls = auto
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false
KV_MODE = none
AUTO_KV_JSON = false
My question is around deploying this to my distributed environment. The above configuration on a standalone instance would be to create a local props.conf under etc/system/local with this inserted. However in a distributed environment (with Cluster Masters, Index Cluster, search heads etc.) should this be deployed as a typical app or must I manually adjust each instance in my environment to pick this up. It is not being handled differently to standard JSON so hence using the same transforms that JSON would use hence the INDEXED_TRANSACTIONS are no different. The only item being added in this line is the Time Zone. I am not changing the whole JSON as this one particular device I need to handle differently to everything else, hence the need. The question is more around the default duplication of existing sourcetypes.
