Source types for the Splunk Add-on for Tomcat

The Splunk Add-on for Tomcat supports the following data sources. All access logs that need to be CIM-Compliant should use the tomcat:access:log:splunk sourcetype.

Data source	Collection method	source type	CIM data models		ITSI data models
Thread information from JMX MBean operations	Modular input (dumpAllThreads)	tomcat:jmx	JVM, Performance		Application Server data model objects: Inventory, Performance
Performance metrics from JMX MBean attributes	Splunk Add-on for JMX
Catalina*.log, localhost*.log, manager*.log, host-manager*.log	File monitoring	tomcat:runtime:log	N/A		Application Server data model object: Inventory
localhost_access_log_splunk*.txt	File monitoring	tomcat:access:log:splunk	Web		localhost_access_log*.txt
localhost_access_log*.txt	File monitoring	tomcat:access:log	N/A		Application Server data model objects: Inventory, Performance

You can view the recommended fields section to collect data using the tomcat:access:log:splunk sourcetype.