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Daniel and Mark Sleeper joined splunkninja

on Tuesday

Mark Sleeper replied to Michael Wilde's discussion 'The "I suck at regex" class at Splunk User conference'

Hi Michael, I tried to respond to this already and I'm not sure it went through, so if this is a repeat please forgive. I have been using Splunk for a little while and have written a few scripts using regex to make it automate some reports. I would…

on Monday

Mark Sleeper replied to Adam Peterson's discussion 'Forwarding setup'

Have you turned on lightweight forwarding on server2? If not you still have access to the web interface, that will make it easier to set it up. On server2 you need to go into Manager > Data Inputs > Files & Directories and add your /var/log director…

on Monday

Juan Grijalva is now a member of splunkninja

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July 21

Patrick Swackhammer replied to Patrick Swackhammer's discussion 'How do I migrate custom field extractions to my new Splunk server?'

I got this answered over at Splunk Answers: http://answers.splunk.com/questions/4864/how-do-i-migrate-custom-field-extractions-to-my-new-splunk-server

July 20

Patrick Swackhammer added a discussion

How do I migrate custom field extractions to my new Splunk server?

I just migrated all my warm buckets over to our new Splunk server (CentOS) from Windows. I have quite a few custom field extractions that I'd like to migrate over as well. How do I do that?Thanks,Swack

July 20

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August 9

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.conf: Splunk's Worldwide Users' Conference

August 9, 2010 at 8am to August 11, 2010 at 5pm – The Palace Hotel

Forum

The "I suck at regex" class at Splunk User conference 1 Reply

Started by Michael Wilde in Cool Search Commands. Last reply by Mark Sleeper Jul 26.

Forwarding setup 1 Reply

Started by Adam Peterson in Cool Search Commands. Last reply by Mark Sleeper Jul 26.

How do I migrate custom field extractions to my new Splunk server? 1 Reply

Started by Patrick Swackhammer in General Questions. Last reply by Patrick Swackhammer Jul 20.

Blog Posts

Spam problem should be nixed...

Finally Ning let me put a captcha on user signup, so that dang medical spam problem should disappear now. Hey its 2010, and finally i get to control spam... gee thanks Ning..

Posted by Michael Wilde on June 5, 2010 at 6:39pm

BLOG SPAM - APOLOGIES.. and help?!?!

Sorry about the spam on the blogs. Working with NING to solve that. I'm happy to elevate the privileges of certain users if you'd like to help police the site. Just send me a note!

Posted by Michael Wilde on April 28, 2010 at 11:26am

Remote System Monitoring (without using a Forwarder from Splunk) ,but works with the *nix App

Hello,

If you can not install a Splunk Forwarder at your *NIX Systems, but you want to monitor this systems and

include this systems in your Splunk *NIX App, read this Document.

Monitor your NIX Systemes with no Forwarder.pdf

rega

… Continue

Posted by Alexander Szoenyi on April 22, 2010 at 3:23am

How to build a simple App in Splunk (Example with Snort)

Hello,

To give you a great start with Splunk, i hope i can help you with this short description, to build your own simple Apps.

How to build a simple App for Splunk.pdf

Have Fun ;-))

best regards

Alexander

Posted by Alexander Szoenyi on March 25, 2010 at 3:18am

Install Scenarios for Splunk

Hello,

In the Forum are so many questions about installing Splunk in a environment.
I have make a PPT for typical Scenarios for this questions.

Splunk install Scenarios.pdf

I hope it will be usefull.

regards Alexander

Posted by Alexander Szoenyi on February 4, 2010 at 1:19am

Notes

Killer Tech Links

Amazing VIM Tips - check this out. I guarantee you will learn something sweet just by reading that page

Created by Michael Wilde Jan 7, 2010 at 8:26pm. Last updated by Michael Wilde Jan 8.

Why SplunkNinja, and why a community?

This is the SplunkNinja social network. It has been setup to facilitate communication, learning, and transferrence of expertise on the Splunk IT Search engine.

While there are Splunk employees (past and present.. and maybe future) that are members, this network is not ran or moderated by Splunk, Inc. It is "by the people.. for the people..."

I like the ninja concept because it denotes mystery, expertise, and getting the job done--which is what I hope all of you do, or are… Continue

Created by Michael Wilde Apr 18, 2009 at 10:17pm. Last updated by Michael Wilde May. 3, 2009.