Getting Data In

Saved Logs

garymilam72
New Member

Can I tell SPLUNK to view logs from a file with saved logs? For example, I save logs from another system to C:\Logs.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Splunk can ingest any text file, even if it came from another system. This is done often with syslog data. Just tell Splunk to monitor the file that contains the data.

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garymilam72
New Member

If I add a new file every week will only monitor new files

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Splunk monitors for new data in every file or directory it's told to monitor.

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VatsalJagani
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@garymilam72 - From Splunk's home page you can directly upload a file or from Settings > Inputs > Files and Directory you can monitor file or directory.

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