Syslog data doesn't have to go to the DCN's. The DCN's are only required for pulling the metrics from the vSphere API from the vCenter machine. You could set up the syslog data to be sent to a syslog server. Then put a Universal Forwarder on that server to send the data up to your indexers. ... View more

Just to add..... Is your logging level set to ERROR ? logging.root.setLevel(logging.ERROR) Also there is a also a "helloworld" example you can use and build out from : https://github.com/damiendallimore/SplunkModularInputsPythonFramework/tree/master/implementations/helloworld ... View more

Did either of you guys get anything going on this? ... View more