In the Edge Processor service, you can find examples of basic HTTP requests that have the host name and port values relevant to your Edge Processors. You can use these examples as a starting point for your HTTP requests.

1. In the Edge Processor service, navigate to the Edge Processors page.
2. In the row that lists your Edge Processor, select the Actions icon () and then select Configure data sources.
3. In the Configure data sources side panel, use the drop-down list to select HTTP Event Collector.
4. If you want to verify that the Edge Processor received your data, do the following:
   1. Select Edge Processor acknowledgement. A channel ID header is added to the example HTTP request.
   2. Enter your channel ID in the header.
      This request returns an ackID value that will be used to confirm that the Edge Processor received your data on step 7. See Edge Processor acknowledgement and About channels and sending data in the Splunk Enterprise Getting Data In manual for more information.
5. If your Edge Processor has multiple instances, then do one of the following:
   • If you want to send data to multiple Edge Processor instances through a load balancer, select Load balancer. If you are using a load balancer with the Edge Processor acknowledgement, ensure that you are using session "sticky sessions" when setting up your load balancer.
   • If you want to send data to a specific Edge Processor instance, select Instance and then use the Select an instance drop-down list to select your desired instance.
6. To copy an example, select the Copy to clipboard icon () in the field that displays the example.
7. To copy an example of the HTTP request for using Edge Processor acknowledgement and confirming that the data was received, do the following:
   1. Expand the Verify that the Edge Processor received the data section.
   2. Replace the <insert_channel_ID> placeholder with the ackID value that was returned in the initial response body.
   3. Select the Copy to clipboard icon () in the field that displays the example.