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Windows Splunk forwarder inputs other than WinEventLogs?

dctopper
Explorer

Hello,

I'd like to forward the SetupAPI.dev.log to Splunk, but I'm not sure what stanza to put into the inputs.conf file. Any ideas?

Thanks

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zoh
Explorer

Add following in %SPLUNK_HOME%\etc\system\local\inputs.conf

[monitor://c:\Program Files(x86)\path_to\SetupAPI.dev.log]
disabled = false
followTail = 0

more info can be seen at http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/Data/Editinputs.conf

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zoh
Explorer

Add following in %SPLUNK_HOME%\etc\system\local\inputs.conf

[monitor://c:\Program Files(x86)\path_to\SetupAPI.dev.log]
disabled = false
followTail = 0

more info can be seen at http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/Data/Editinputs.conf

dctopper
Explorer

Awesome. Thank you.

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