Splunk UF

Splunk UF source plugin

Splunk Universal Forwarder (UF) is a lightweight data collection agent that enables you to collect local data.

You can use the Calyptia Core Splunk UF Source Plugin to configure your pipeline to receive data from your Splunk UF instances.

Configuration Parameters

The following are configuration Parameters for Splunk UF Source Plugin.

KeyDescription

Port

The TCP port the pipeline should listen on

The following are Advanced configuration Parameters for Splunk UF Source Plugin.

KeyDescription

Format

Set the format: json or none

Set Separator

Set Separator

Chunk Size

Set the chunk size for incoming messages

Buffer Size

This sets the chunk size for incoming incoming JSON messages. These chunks are then stored/managed in the space available by buffer_size.

The following are Security and TLS configuration Parameters for Splunk UF Source Plugin.

KeyDescription

TLS

Enable or Disable TLS/SSL support

TLS Certificate Validation

Turn TLS/SSL certificate validation on / off, TLS must be on for this setting to be enabled.

TLS Debug Level

Set TLS debug verbosity level. It accepts the following values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), and 4 Verbose

CA Certificate File Path

Absolute path to CA certificate file

Certificate File Path

Absolute path to Certificate file

Private key File Path

Absolute path to private Key file

Private Key Path Password

Optional password for tls.key_file file

TLS SNI Hostname Extension

Hostname to be used for TLS SNI Extension

Splunk Universal Forwarder configuration

You can use the following configuration in your Splunk Universal Forwarder to send data to Calyptia Core

[tcpout]
defaultGroup = calyptia
disabled = false

[tcpout:calyptia]
server = <CALYPTIA CORE HOST>:<PIPELINE PORT>
sendCookedData = false
negotiateProtocolLevel = 0

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