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10. Advanced Data Input in Splunk

Deep Mehta1  
(1)
Printserv, Mumbai, India
 

This chapter advances the discussion of forwarders and input. You explore getting data from monitor input, network input, scripted input, and agentless input.

The following topics are covered in this chapter.
  • Additional forwarding options

  • Fetching data using monitor input

  • Scripted input

  • Network input

  • Pulling data using agentless input

In the first section, you analyze additional forwarding options. Through these options, you can compress a data feed before sending data to a Splunk indexer and acknowledge the indexed data to prevent data loss. These additional forwarding options secure ...

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