Splunk SPLK-1003 Question Answer
What are the minimum required settings when creating a network input in Splunk?
Protocol, port number
Protocol, port, location
Protocol, username, port
Protocol, IP. port number
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Admin/Inputsconf
[tcp:// < remote server > : < port > ]
*Configures the input to listen on a specific TCP network port.
*If a < remote server > makes a connection to this instance, the input uses this stanza to configure itself.
*If you do not specify < remote server > , this stanza matches all connections on the specified port.
*Generates events with source set to " tcp: < port > " , for example: tcp:514
*If you do not specify a sourcetype, generates events with sourcetype set to " tcp-raw "
TESTED 10 Aug 2026
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