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What could be the stanza for monitoring linux directory?

ujju219
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what could be the stanza for monitoring linux directory 

/home/cleo/Harmony/script/logs/Harmony_directory_monitor_1hr.conf.20220512.log

i tried [monitor:///home/cleo/Harmony/script/logs] with whitelist =*.log

but not able to ingest any data. this path has proper permission. 

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ujju219
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@gcusello  Thanks for the help. It worked. There was also some issue with Intermediate forwarder as well, after restarting UF on Intermediate forwarder data get ingested.

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gcusello
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Hi @ujju219,

please try this:

[monitor:///home/cleo/Harmony/script/logs/]

and, if not working, try:

[monitor:///home/cleo/Harmony/script/logs/*.log]

I suppose that you restarted Splunk on the Universal Forwarder after modifying.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

ujju219
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@gcusello  Thanks for the help. It worked. There was also some issue with Intermediate forwarder as well, after restarting UF on Intermediate forwarder data get ingested.

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gcusello
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Hi @ujju219,

good for you, see next time!

Ciao and happy splunking

Giuseppe

P.S.: Karma Points are appreciated 😉

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