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Recognize Source Types

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Recognize Source Types

Create new source types to describe your data input sources.


Filename

Format 

[source::<path>]
sourcetype=mySourceType
...

Create a new configuration with the path to your file (or files) and the name you wish to assign as a sourcetype.


Examples 

[source::/var/log/netinfo.log]
sourcetype=netinfo_log

[source::/var/log/httpd/mywebsite_*_log]
sourcetype=mywebsite_log
Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/3.2.2/Developer/RecognizeSourceTypes"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.2 , 3.2.1 , 3.2.2 , 3.2.3 , 3.2.4 , 3.2.5 , 3.2.6 View the Article History for its revisions.


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