https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149267#M30407 <P>It depends entirely on what within the props you changed. Search-time settings do not require a restart whereas index-time settings do.</P> Thu, 01 May 2014 19:52:17 GMT Ayn 2014-05-01T19:52:17Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149266#M30406 <P>Hi,</P> <P>I should know this at this point, but want to confirm... Is a restart of the indexer required if an updated props is applied? Is there anyway to update props without restarting the indexer? </P> Thu, 01 May 2014 19:39:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149266#M30406 a212830 2014-05-01T19:39:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149267#M30407 <P>It depends entirely on what within the props you changed. Search-time settings do not require a restart whereas index-time settings do.</P> Thu, 01 May 2014 19:52:17 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149267#M30407 Ayn 2014-05-01T19:52:17Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149268#M30408 <P>Thanks. Is there a doc that will outline the two for me?</P> Thu, 01 May 2014 19:57:15 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149268#M30408 a212830 2014-05-01T19:57:15Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149269#M30409 <P>You could always try to hit the following url, which will reload quite a few settings, but not everything.</P> <PRE><CODE>http(s)://your_indexer/en_US/debug/refresh </CODE></PRE> <P>No harm in trying.</P> <P>/K</P> Thu, 01 May 2014 20:05:31 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/props-on-the-indexer/m-p/149269#M30409 kristian_kolb 2014-05-01T20:05:31Z