https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Configuration-order-of-precedence/m-p/73801#M1032 <P>I could use some Karma.</P> <P>See the Order of precedence section.<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.4/Admin/Wheretofindtheconfigurationfiles">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.4/Admin/Wheretofindtheconfigurationfiles</A></P> <P>You can run btool to see all the configuration values in use by your Splunk instance. <BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Troubleshooting/Usebtooltotroubleshootconfigurations">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Troubleshooting/Usebtooltotroubleshootconfigurations</A></P> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:36:15 GMT tanuki505 2012-09-27T22:36:15Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Configuration-order-of-precedence/m-p/73800#M1031 <P>This should be a softball for easy karma. </P> <P>Can anybody tell me the order of precedence for configuration files?</P> <P>As a specific example, for props.conf, I have</P> <OL> <LI>/opt/splunk/etc/apps/my_silly_app/local/props.conf</LI> <LI>/opt/splunk/etc/users/my_silly_username/my_silly_app/local/props.conf</LI> <LI>/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/props.conf</LI> <LI>/opt/splunk/etc/system/default/props.conf</LI> </OL> <P>...to name a few</P> <P>When going back and forth between UI and bash edits, I sometimes am not sure which I should adjust/delete/ignore compared to others. </P> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:19:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Configuration-order-of-precedence/m-p/73800#M1031 muppetlegs 2012-09-27T22:19:52Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Configuration-order-of-precedence/m-p/73801#M1032 <P>I could use some Karma.</P> <P>See the Order of precedence section.<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.4/Admin/Wheretofindtheconfigurationfiles">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.4/Admin/Wheretofindtheconfigurationfiles</A></P> <P>You can run btool to see all the configuration values in use by your Splunk instance. <BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Troubleshooting/Usebtooltotroubleshootconfigurations">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Troubleshooting/Usebtooltotroubleshootconfigurations</A></P> Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:36:15 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Configuration-order-of-precedence/m-p/73801#M1032 tanuki505 2012-09-27T22:36:15Z