A complete guide on Splunk Architecture
Description
Splunk is a popular software platform used for searching, analyzing, and visualizing machine-generated data. It provides real-time insights into operational data, security events, and business metrics. Splunk's architecture consists of various components that work together to ingest, index, and process data. Here is an overview of the Splunk architecture:Data Sources: Splunk can collect data from a wide range of sources, including logs, metrics, events, and other machine-generated data. It supports data ingestion from systems, applications, network devices, sensors, and more. Data can be received through various methods such as file monitoring, network inputs, APIs, and forwarders.
Forwarders: Splunk forwarders are lightweight agents installed on the data source machines. They collect
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