IBM® Data Collector
automatically transfers your data source connector configurations. If the configurations are not
synchronized, transfer them manually. Transferring the configurations ensures that you can use the
platform to configure the connectors that Data
Collector
collects.
About this task
You can use this method without connecting to the internet.
You don't need to transfer the configuration if the data source connector is Syslog. Data
Collector doesn't require
any additional configuration to collect Syslog data.
Procedure
- On the Data Collector Management page, select the Data
Collector that you are
using, and from its options menu, click Export data source connector
configuration.
- Enter a password for the export file, and then click Export.
An encrypted configuration file downloads to your computer and is named
dlc-config-<UUID>.json, where
<UUID> is the identifier that is unique to the Data
Collector instance.
- Log in to the Data
Collector computer or VM as
the root user.
- Copy the encrypted configuration file to the /tmp directory or your
preferred location.
- Generate an import configuration file by running the following command:
/opt/ibm/si/services/dlc/current/script/importLogSourceConfig.sh -i dlc-config-<UUID>.json -o /tmp/logSources.json
- When prompted, enter the password that you specified for the encrypted configuration
file.
The following message appears after the import configuration file is successfully
validated:
Successfully validate log source file '/tmp/logSources.json'
Tip: If the logSources.json file does not validate successfully,
review the /var/log/dlc/logSources.log file for details. Fix any issues, and
then run the validation script again.
- Copy the validated import configuration file to
/opt/ibm/si/services/dlc/conf/.
Tip: Back up the current logSources.json file so you have a version
of the file that is saved elsewhere.
- Restart Data
Collector by typing the
following command: