Splunk · Schema

MonitorInputCreateRequest

AnalyticsData AnalysisLoggingMachine DataMonitoringObservabilityPlatformSecuritySIEM

Properties

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The file or directory path to monitor
index	string	Destination index
sourcetype	string	Source type to assign
source	string	Source value to assign
host	string	Host value to assign
disabled	boolean	Whether to create the input in disabled state
followTail	boolean	Start monitoring from end of file
recursive	boolean	Recursively monitor subdirectories
whitelist	string	Regex pattern for files to include
blacklist	string	Regex pattern for files to exclude

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/MonitorInputCreateRequest",
  "title": "MonitorInputCreateRequest",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The file or directory path to monitor",
      "examples": [
        "/var/log/syslog"
      ]
    },
    "index": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Destination index",
      "default": "default",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "sourcetype": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Source type to assign",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Source value to assign",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "host": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Host value to assign",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "disabled": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether to create the input in disabled state",
      "default": false,
      "example": true
    },
    "followTail": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Start monitoring from end of file",
      "default": false,
      "example": true
    },
    "recursive": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Recursively monitor subdirectories",
      "default": true,
      "example": true
    },
    "whitelist": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Regex pattern for files to include",
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "blacklist": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Regex pattern for files to exclude",
      "example": "example_value"
    }
  }
}

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