The .conf
files used by Splunk look very similar to .ini
files. A simple configuration looks like this:
#settings for foo [foo] bar=1 la = 2
Let's look at the following couple of definitions:
- stanza: A stanza is used to group attributes. Our stanza in this example is
[foo]
. A common synonym for this is section. Keep in mind the following key points:- A stanza name must be unique in a single file
- The order does not matter
- attribute: An attribute is a name-value pair. Our attributes in this example are
bar
andla
. A common synonym isparameter
. Keep in mind the following key points:- The attribute name must not contain whitespace or the equals sign.
- Each attribute belongs to the stanza defined previously; if the attribute appears before all stanzas, the attribute belongs to the stanza
[default]
. - The attribute name must be unique in a single stanza but not in a configuration.
- Each attribute must have its own line and can only use one line. Spaces around...