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forwarder for access_log but I get --splunk-cooked-mode garbled stuff on receiver end

sprimerib
New Member

So I've tried to set up a simple IBM IHS (apache) access log forwarder on linux.

inputs.conf (which is just the default included one with splunk and added the 2 lines for monitor:

#   Version 6.5.2
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
# Changes to default files will be lost on update and are difficult to
# manage and support.
#
# Please make any changes to system defaults by overriding them in
# apps or $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local
# (See "Configuration file precedence" in the web documentation).
#
# To override a specific setting, copy the name of the stanza and
# setting to the file where you wish to override it.
#
# This file contains possible attributes and values you can use to
# configure inputs, distributed inputs and file system monitoring.


[default]
index         = default
_rcvbuf        = 1572864
host = $decideOnStartup

[blacklist:$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/auth]

[monitor://$SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk]
index = _internal

[monitor://$SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk/license_usage_summary.log]
index = _telemetry

[monitor://$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk.version]
_TCP_ROUTING = *
index = _internal
sourcetype=splunk_version

[monitor:///usr3/logs/ihs8/b01/logs/messaging.itl.routeone.net_access_log]
sourcetype = access_log

[batch://$SPLUNK_HOME/var/spool/splunk]
move_policy = sinkhole
crcSalt = <SOURCE>

[batch://$SPLUNK_HOME/var/spool/splunk/...stash_new]
queue       = stashparsing
sourcetype  = stash_new
move_policy = sinkhole
crcSalt     = <SOURCE>


[fschange:$SPLUNK_HOME/etc]
#poll every 10 minutes
pollPeriod = 600
#generate audit events into the audit index, instead of fschange events
signedaudit=true
recurse=true
followLinks=false
hashMaxSize=-1
fullEvent=false
sendEventMaxSize=-1
filesPerDelay = 10
delayInMills = 100

[udp]
connection_host=ip

[tcp]
acceptFrom=*
connection_host=dns

[splunktcp]
route=has_key:_replicationBucketUUID:replicationQueue;has_key:_dstrx:typingQueue;has_key:_linebreaker:indexQueue;absent_key:_linebreaker:parsingQueue
acceptFrom=*
connection_host=ip

[script]
interval = 60.0
start_by_shell = true

[SSL]
# default cipher suites that splunk allows. Change this if you wish to increase the security
# of SSL connections, or to lower it if you having trouble connecting to splunk.
cipherSuite = ALL:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM
allowSslRenegotiation = true
sslQuietShutdown = false

#Allow only sslv3 and above connections
sslVersions = *,-ssl2

outputs.conf (used the default and added a couple lines):

#   Version 6.5.2
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
# Changes to default files will be lost on update and are difficult to
# manage and support.
#
# Please make any changes to system defaults by overriding them in
# apps or $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local
# (See "Configuration file precedence" in the web documentation).
#
# To override a specific setting, copy the name of the stanza and
# setting to the file where you wish to override it.

[tcpout:httpd]
server=192.168.11.68:9997

[tcpout]
maxQueueSize = auto
forwardedindex.0.whitelist = .*
forwardedindex.1.blacklist = _.*
forwardedindex.2.whitelist = (_audit|_internal|_introspection|_telemetry)
forwardedindex.filter.disable = false
indexAndForward = false
autoLBFrequency = 30
blockOnCloning = true
compressed = false
disabled = false
dropClonedEventsOnQueueFull = 5
dropEventsOnQueueFull = -1
heartbeatFrequency = 30
maxFailuresPerInterval = 2
secsInFailureInterval = 1
maxConnectionsPerIndexer = 2
forceTimebasedAutoLB = false
sendCookedData = true
connectionTimeout = 20
readTimeout = 300
writeTimeout = 300
tcpSendBufSz = 0
ackTimeoutOnShutdown = 30
useACK = false
blockWarnThreshold = 100
sslQuietShutdown = false

[syslog]
type = udp
priority = <13>
dropEventsOnQueueFull = -1
maxEventSize = 1024

I use the already configured receiver on the splunk server which listens on 9997.

But when I search for that source port, I see these entries:

--splunk-cooked-mode-v3--\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00itlapp1.r1dev.com\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x008089\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00@\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00__s2s_capabilities\x00\x00\x00\x00ack=0;compression=0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00_raw\x00

    host =  itlapp1.r1dev.com   
    source =    tcp:9997    
    sourcetype =    access_combined 

Any idea what I have done wrong?

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jtacy
Builder

It sounds like you've set up a tcp input on your indexer when you typically want a splunktcp input to receive data from a forwarder. The relevant docs page is: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/Forwarding/Enableareceiver

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