Direct and Referred Apache Web Traffic

The following query will show all traffic to an Apache web server that is direct, meaning no referring site. sourcetype=”access_combined” referer=”-” | stats count The following query will show all traffic that is NOT direct, meaning only referring sites. sourcetype=”access_combined” referer!=”-” | stats count The following query is the same as above, but with a […]

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Traffic Volume by Forwarder

This Splunk search query will show you the top 10 “chattiest” forwarders on your network. I’ve used this query to determine why some forwarders were sending more data than others. The results are displayed in kilobits, you could use an eval to change it to the appropriate size for your network. index=”_internal” source=”*metrics.lo*” group=tcpin_connections NOT […]

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