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Vendor - IBM

Product - Data power

Ref Link
Splunk Add-on https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4662/

Sourcetypes

sourcetype notes
ibm:datapower:syslog Common sourcetype
ibm:datapower:* * is taken from the event sourcetype

Index Configuration

key source index notes
ibm_datapower na inifraops none

Filter type

Requires dedicated port or vendor_product_by_source configuration

Options

Variable default description
SC4S_LISTEN_IBM_DATAPOWER_TCP_PORT empty string Enable a TCP port for this specific vendor product using a comma-separated list of port numbers
SC4S_LISTEN_IBM_DATAPOWER_UDP_PORT empty string Enable a UDP port for this specific vendor product using a comma-separated list of port numbers
SC4S_ARCHIVE_IBM_DATAPOWER no Enable archive to disk for this specific source
SC4S_DEST_IBM_DATAPOWER_HEC no When Splunk HEC is disabled globally set to yes to enable this specific source

Verification

An active site will generate frequent events use the following search to check for new events

Verify timestamp, and host values match as expected

index=<asconfigured> (sourcetype=cef source="ibm:datapower*")