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Can I forward different data inputs to different splunk indexers on a Light Forwarder

chris — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:26:56 GMT

Is it possible to forward data from source A to Indexer A and data from source B to Indexer B if I use the light forwarder? Or do I need to configure this in tranforms.conf and have to use the normal forwarder?

Thank you for helping me.

Chris

Re: Can I forward different data inputs to different splunk indexers on a Light Forwarder

Brian_Osburn — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:10:00 GMT

Take a look @ http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Admin/Outputsconf. You can modify the outputs.conf in /etc/apps/SplunkLightForwarder/local/outputs.conf..

Re: Can I forward different data inputs to different splunk indexers on a Light Forwarder

chris — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:57:47 GMT

Thank you for your reply, we did define several tcpout-Groups, but didn't know how to make sure that events are forwarded to the right destination. I posted our solution below.

Re: Can I forward different data inputs to different splunk indexers on a Light Forwarder

chris — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:15:36 GMT

After trying with props.conf & transforms.conf we saw that it is possible to specify the group in the inputs.conf file and therefor it is possible to use the LightForwarder, the regular forwarder is not needed to accomplish this.

outputs.conf

[tcpout]
disabled = false
isLoadBalanced = False
maxQueueSize = 1000

[tcpout:systemGroup]
server=server1:9997

[tcpout:applicationGroup]
server=server2:9997

inputs.conf

[monitor://.../file1.log]
_TCP_ROUTING = systemGroup

[monitor://.../file2.log]
_TCP_ROUTING = applicationGroup