Learning Splunk - Supporting Infrastructure – Syslog Receiver

The video tutorial discusses syslog receivers as a method to input data into Splunk from devices that cannot run a universal forwarder. It highlights the drawbacks of using TCP input, such as data loss during Splunk restarts and uneven data distribution across indexers. The recommended practice is to use a syslog receiver like syslog-ng, which writes data to disk for easy ingestion into Splunk. An example of syslog data handling is provided, showing how data is categorized and stored. The video also covers configuring syslog inputs in Splunk and introduces managing the Splunk environment using a deployment server.

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