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 ...