Implementing Splunk - Second Edition

The structure of a Splunk configuration file

The .conf files used by Splunk look very similar to .ini files. A simple configuration looks as follows:

#settings for foo
[foo]
bar=1
la = 2

Let's look at the following couple of definitions:

• stanza: A stanza is used to group attributes. Our stanza in this example is [foo]. A common synonym for this is "section". Keep in mind the following key points:
  • A stanza name must be unique in a single file
  • The order does not matter
• attribute: An attribute is a name-value pair. Our attributes in this example are bar and la. A common synonym is parameter. Keep in mind the following key points:
  • The attribute name must not contain a whitespace or the equals sign.
  • Each attribute belongs to the stanza defined previously; ...