
Syslog - local
To get local syslog data, point Splunk at a directory of syslog files:
1. From the Home page in Splunk Web, click Add data.
2. Under the To get started... banner, click Syslog.
3. Click Next under Consume any syslog files or directories on this Splunk server.
4. On the Get data from files and directories page, specify the source of the data by clicking on one of the three available choices.
5. In the Full path to your data field, enter the path to the syslog directory:
- On *nix systems, this is usually
/var/log
. - On Windows, the path varies, depending on which third-party syslog daemon you have installed. By default, Windows doesn't provide a syslog facility. Instead, it relies on the Event Log service for logging.
You can usually leave the other fields blank, including the fields under the More settings option. Look here for detailed information on those fields.
6. Click Save.
7. From the Success page, click Search to start searching. You can enter any term that’s in your data, or you can click on a source, source type or host to see data from the different directories within your syslog directory, the different types of data in those directories, or the different hosts that sent the syslog data in the first place.
For more information on getting data from files and directories, see "Monitor files and directories" in this manual.
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, 6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, 6.1.9, 6.1.10, 6.1.11, 6.1.12, 6.1.13, 6.1.14
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