Chapter 2. Data Inputs

In Splunk there are many ways to get data into the indexers, which make for the ability to be very creative in doing so. Between the apps that are provided on Splunk base and the other methods that can be developed by an individual, it paves the way to be very dynamic in getting data in to get value out of your data.

In this chapter I'm going to assume that you have your Forwarders installed.

Let's start with most of the agents and applications to get data into Splunk.