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Configure inputs for Windows

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Configure inputs for Windows

By default, the Splunk Windows port is configured to index your Windows Application, System, and Security event logs. This functionality is not yet exposed in Splunk Web or the CLI. To disable indexing for an event log, use # to comment it out in the following stanza in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/local/inputs.conf: 


# Windows platform specific input processor.
[WinEventLog:Application] 
[WinEventLog:Security]
[WinEventLog:System]

Note: You must use two backslashes \\ to escape wildcards in stanza names in inputs.conf. Regexes with backslashes in them are not currently supported when specifying paths to files.

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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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