Splunk has a fairly robust API. However, you'll occasionally get into situations where you need the data exported out of Splunk as syslog. This guide walks you through connecting to Splunk with Apache NiFi, pulling data in batches from Splunk via the API, and sending it out as syslog from NiFi.…
I've written a few articles on Apache NiFi and how to install it on Ubuntu. I recently ran into a situation where it wasn't possible to install NiFi directly, but it could be run via a docker container. Fortunately there are Apache NiFi docker images to accomplish this.…
Ever wonder how you could add a timestamp to your Elasticsearch data from Apache NiFi? This guide walks you through the process.…
This guide will walk through the process of pulling data from Elastic, extracting out key fields, and exporting it as syslog events in near real-time.…
This guide will walk you through installing Apache NiFi on Ubuntu.…
This guide will walk through the process of pulling data from Elastic, extracting out key fields, and exporting it as syslog events in near real-time.…
This guide will show you how to use Apache NiFi to stitch multiline logs into single and coherent events in JSON format.…
My experience with Java is fairly minimal, and I was looking for the correct method of importing a self-signed certificate into the Java keystore, mainly so NiFi would play nice with another server. Also shows where you can leverage the settings in NiFi.…