In this chapter, we will cover the basic ways to get data into Splunk, in addition to some other recipes that will help prepare you for later chapters. You will learn about the following recipes:
- Indexing files and directories
- Getting data through network ports
- Using scripted inputs
- Using modular inputs
- Using the Universal Forwarder to gather data
- Receiving data using the HTTP Event Collector
- Getting data from databases using DB Connect
- Loading the sample data for this book
- Data onboarding: Defining field extractions
- Data onboarding: Defining event types and tags
- Installing the Machine Learning Toolkit
