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pofudukhamsi
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I'm new to splunk, how can I import syslog from my local computer to splunk? 

- when i search it says it can be done via universal forwarder. but I want to collect my syslog logs on localhost.

-I opened the 514 udp port and created my settings on splunk. But it doesn't show up in search.

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gcusello
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Hi @pofudukhamsi,

as you can read at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Monitornetworkports you have to:

  • enable ingestion on port 514 (or another one),
  • be sure that the route between the source and the Splunk server is open,
  • be sure that the local firewall is disabled or open on port 514,
  • configure your network input as described in the documentation,
  • configure your source to send syslogs to the Splunk server.

Then you'll have the logs in the index you configured in the input.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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