Getting Data In

"Continuously index data from a file or directory this Splunk instance can access"

Rukmani_Splunk
Path Finder

Data is being indexed if i use the option "Index a file once from this Splunk server"
But not indexed if i use "Continuously index data from a file or directory this Splunk instance can access" option . Please help.

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krish3
Contributor

Try adding it in inputs.conf file.

[monitor:///location/to/log/file/folder]
index = test1
sourcetype = log4j
disabled = false

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Rukmani_Splunk
Path Finder

Thank you so much it helped me a lot. It was asking fro crcSalt

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somesoni2
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krish3
Contributor

Try adding it in inputs.conf file.

[monitor:///location/to/log/file/folder]
index = test1
sourcetype = log4j
disabled = false
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Rukmani_Splunk
Path Finder

Thank you so much . it was crcSalt issue

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krish3
Contributor

Back slashes if your using on windows platform..

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