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IIS logs sourcetype

rcovert
Path Finder

Hi,

I am running the Splunk indexer on a linux machine and have the universal forwarder installed on a remote Windows machine. I am monitoring IIS logs on the remote server in the Web Intelligence App.

The IIS logs are coming into the indexer fine, but they are coming in as sourcetype "u_ex". How can I set the sourcetype to IIS?

Is there anything else I will have to do to make the Web Intelligence App see these logs?

Thanks in advance.

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treinke
Builder

Here is what I have in my inputs.conf file for IIS servers:

[monitor://C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC*\]
disabled = false
followTail = 0
recursive = true
index=iis

You will need to have an index on the indexer named iis or whatever value you put in the index field.

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treinke
Builder

Put that on the IIS server sending the logs (on the remote server).

C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\system\local\inputs.conf

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rcovert
Path Finder

Do I put that in the inputs.conf in the Web Intelligence app (/opt/splunk/etc/apps/webintelligence/local/inputs.conf) or /opt/splunk/etc/system/local/inputs.conf?

Will C: work if the C: is on a remote server?

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