Reference Information for Sources

These topics contain reference information for Sources for installed and hosted Collectors.

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

📄️ Collecting Multiline Logs

Sumo Logic Sources can be configured to detect log boundaries automatically or with a regular expression.

Prior to installing Collectors, establish a naming convention for your Sumo Logic deployment's Sources, Collectors, and metadata tags.

The type of log encoding supported by Sumo Logic depends on the Source you are using.

Learn how Sumo Logic manages timestamps, time zones, time ranges, and dates, and the configuration options that are available.

Rather than entering each file by name, using wildcards in the Source path allows you to collect all files of a certain type.