Which search would return events from the access_combined sourcetype?

The correct answer is A. Sourcetype=access_combined. The search query sourcetype=access_combined would return events from the access_combined sourcetype, which is a predefined sourcetype in Splunk that matches the access-common or access- combined Apache logging formats. The sourcetype field is case-sensitive, so using different…

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ASourcetype=access_combined
BSourcetype=Access_Combined
Csourcetype=Access_Combined
DSOURCETYPE=access_combined

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74% (34)
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4% (2)
C
15% (7)
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7% (3)

Explanation

The search query sourcetype=access_combined would return events from the access_combined sourcetype, which is a predefined sourcetype in Splunk that matches the access-common or access- combined Apache logging formats. The sourcetype field is case-sensitive, so using different capitalization such as Access_Combined or ACCESS_COMBINED would not match the exact sourcetype name. The sourcetype field is also a default field that is added by the indexer when it indexes the data, so it does not need to be enclosed in quotation marks.

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