Adding meta without changing splunk cloud

[ivaleev]

We send data to Splunk Cloud from Universal Forwarder. I want to add _meta to each event sent to the Splunk Cloud.

I've added _meta to each stanza in the inputs.conf and restarted the Forwarder, but the meta does not appear in the Splunk Cloud

[default]
host = HOSTNAME
index = INDEX
source = SOURCE

# Monitor NGINX Logs
[monitor:///var/log/nginx/access.json.log]
disabled = false
sourcetype = SOURCETYPE
_meta = region::sae1
...

What could I miss? Is it possible to add the meta without changes in the Splunk Cloud?

[livehybrid]

Hi,

I think you may still need to update fields.conf on Splunk Cloud with

[region]
INDEXED = true

in order for Splunk to know that it is an indexed field.

(https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Fieldsconf)

[ivaleev]

Can it be done in Splunk Cloud user interface?