Documentation > Splunk > Getting Data In > Create source types

Getting Data In

 


How to get data into Splunk
Get data from files and directories
Get network events
Get Windows data
Other ways to get stuff in
Recipes
Configure event processing
Configure timestamps
Configure indexed field extraction
Configure host values
Configure source types
Manage event segmentation
Preview your data
Improve the data input process

Create source types

Contents

Create source types

You can create new source types in two ways:

  • Use data preview in Splunk Web
  • Edit the props.conf configuration file directly

Use data preview

Data preview provides an easy way to view the effects of applying a source type to your data and to make adjustments to the source type settings as necessary. You can save your changes as a new source type, which you can then assign to data inputs.

Data preview includes a UI for making the most common types of adjustments to timestamps and event breaks. For other modifications, it lets you edit the underlying props.conf file directly. As you change settings, you can immediately see the changes to the event data.

To learn more about data preview, read the topics in the chapter "Preview your data" in this manual.

Edit props.conf

You can create a new source type by editing props.conf and adding a new stanza. For detailed information on props.conf, read the props.conf specification in the Admin manual.

Edit the props.conf file in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/ or in your own custom application directory in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/. For information on configuration files in general, see "About configuration files" in the Admin manual.

You can also create a new props.conf source type stanza directly from the Advanced mode tab in data preview. See the Advanced mode section in "Modify event processing" for details.

When you create a source type, you tell Splunk how to process the data to create searchable events. In particular, there are two key things that you need to specify:

There are also a number of miscellaneous settings you can configure. See the props.conf specification for more information.

Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.4/Data/Createsourcetypes"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.3 , 4.3.1 , 4.3.2 , 4.3.3 , 4.3.4 , 4.3.5 , 4.3.6 , 5.0 , 5.0.1 , 5.0.2 , 5.0.3 View the Article History for its revisions.


You must be logged into splunk.com in order to post comments. Log in now.

Was this documentation topic helpful?

If you'd like to hear back from us, please provide your email address:

We'd love to hear what you think about this topic or the documentation as a whole. Feedback you enter here will be delivered to the documentation team.

Feedback submitted, thanks!