Sources for Installed Collectors

You can configure a variety of Sources on Installed Collectors.

In this section, we'll introduce the following concepts:

📄️ Collect Forwarded Events from a Windows Event Collector

Use a Windows Event Source to collect forwarded events from a Windows Event Collector.

Configure a Docker Logs or Docker Stats Source.

An installed Sumo Logic Collector can collect host metrics from a local host.

Create a Local File Source to collect log messages from the same machine where a Collector is installed.

You can collect local events from the Windows Events Viewer.

Find Windows event channels to collect with a Local Windows Event Source.

Collect local performance data from the Windows Performance Monitor.

Add a streaming metric source to an installed collector to collect Graphite, Carbon 2.0, or Prometheus metrics.

The Syslog Source obtains syslog messages by listening on a designated port.

A Windows Active Directory Inventory Source collects inventory data from Active Directory Database.

Collect Windows event logs from a remote machine.

Set up a Remote Windows Performance Monitor Log Source to collect remote performance data from Windows Performance Monitor.

A Script Action receives data uploads that are triggered by a scheduled search.

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