Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook - Third Edition

How to do it...

Follow these steps to monitor and index the contents of a file:

1. Log in to your Splunk server.

2. From the menu in the top right-hand corner, click on the Settings menu and then click on the Add Data link:
   
3. If you are prompted to take a quick tour, click on Skip.
4. In the How do you want to add data section, click on monitor:
   

5. Click on the Files & Directories section:
   
6. In the File or Directory section, enter the path to the logfile ...