Virtual index configuration variables

Splunk Analytics for Hadoop reaches End of Life on January 31, 2025.

When you configure a virtual index, Splunk Analytics for Hadoop automatically sets a number of configuration variables. You can use the preset variables, or you can modify them as needed by editing the index.

• For more information about editing them in the configuration file, see Set up a provider and virtual index in the configuration file.

• For information about editing providers in Splunk Web, see Add or edit a virtual index in the user interface.

• For information about setting provider configuration variables for YARN, see Required configuration variables for YARN.

Setting:	Use it to:
vix.input.[N].path	Provide a path in HDFS that contains wildcards and/or ends with ... which specifies the data for this index. Paths ending with "..." will recursively check directories in the path for data.
vix.input.[N].accept	Determine the regex that files/paths should match.
vix.input.[N].ignore	Determines the regex that excludes files/paths. These values take precedence over vix.input.[N].accept values.

Variables for extracting earliest/latest timebounds based from the path (earliest time):

Setting:	Use it to:
vix.input.[N].et.regex	Determine a regex to extract time components. All capturing groups are concatenated and interpreted using format provided in the next row.
vix.input.[N].et.format	Provide the date/time format to use when interpreting the string built with the above regex. This value can be set to "epoch" to interpret the time as seconds. For more information on the format, see here
vix.input.[N].et.value	epoch time in milliseconds: Sets the earliest time for this virtual index. Can be used instead of extracting times from the path via vix.input.x.et.regex When set to "mtime", uses the file modification time as the earliest time.
vix.input.[N].et.offset	Set the amount of time (in seconds) to add to the resulting time.
vix.input.[N].et.timezone	Determine the timezone in which to interpret the extracted time. E.g. "America/Los_Angeles" or "GMT-8:00" more info

Variables for extracting earliest/latest timebounds based from the path (latest time):

Setting:	Use it to:
vix.input.[N].lt.regex	Determine the regex to extract time components. All capturing groups are concatenated and interpreted using format:
vix.input.[N].lt.format	Determine the date/time format for interpreting the string built with the above regex. Can be set to "epoch" to interpret the time as seconds. For more info on the format see here
vix.input.[N].lt.value	epoch time in milliseconds: Sets the latest time for this virtual index. Can be used instead of extracting times from the path via vix.input.x.et.regex When set to "mtime", uses the file modification time as the latest time.
vix.input.[N].lt.offset	Set the amount of time (in seconds) to add to the resulting time.
vix.input.[N].lt.timezone	To set the timezone in which to interpret the extracted time. E.g. "America/Los_Angeles" or "GMT-8:00" more info