Splunk® Data Stream Processor

Function Reference

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DSP 1.2.0 is impacted by the CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 security vulnerabilities from Apache Log4j. To fix these vulnerabilities, you must upgrade to DSP 1.2.4. See Upgrade the Splunk Data Stream Processor to 1.2.4 for upgrade instructions.

On October 30, 2022, all 1.2.x versions of the Splunk Data Stream Processor will reach its end of support date. See the Splunk Software Support Policy for details.
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Get data from Forwarders service

Use the Forwarders Service source function to get data from a Splunk universal or heavy forwarder. This is a source function that filters your data to only ingest data from the Splunk Forwarders Service. See also Process data from a universal forwarder.

Function output schema

This function outputs data pipeline events using the event schema for events or metrics schema for metrics.

Required arguments

connection_id
Syntax: string
Description: The ID of your Splunk Forwarders connection. Must be set to "forwarders:all".
Example: "forwarders:all"

SPL2 example

When working in the SPL View, you can write the function using the following syntax.

| from forwarders("forwarders:all") |....;

Alternatively, you can use the named argument syntax to write this function.

| from forwarders(connection_id: "forwarders:all") |....;

Limitations of the Forwarders Service

The maximum supported size for a record is 5MB. If any records exceed that size, the Forwarders service returns an error.

Last modified on 19 February, 2021
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Data Stream Processor: 1.2.0, 1.2.1-patch02, 1.2.1, 1.2.2-patch02, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3


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