Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates configuration file names, file extensions, pathnames ,Splunk installation and important directory locations, Splunk CLI commands and options, stanza names and configuration settings, . Here is an example: “The location of Splunk system-wide configuration on Unix systems is $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/[default|local].”

A block of code is set as follows:

## inputs.conf *nix-style File monitor stanza
[monitor:///var/log/application/*.log]
sourcetype = application_logs
index = dev_app
disabled = false

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

./splunk btool check

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “Select Settings and then click on the Distributed Search menu item.”

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