topic Re: Can you mix Operating Systems in an indexer cluster? in Getting Data In

Can you mix Operating Systems in an indexer cluster?

iain001 — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 05:53:09 GMT

Hi all,

Does splunk support indexer cluster nodes with different Operating Systems - I have a mix of stand alone Linux and Windows indexers (all running 6.2) which I would like to cluster.

Thanks,
Iain

Re: Can you mix Operating Systems in an indexer cluster?

joshd — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:29:47 GMT

In theory you could, however it is not advised and against the defined requirements as noted in the docs (second point down):

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.2/Indexer/Systemrequirements#Summary_of_key_requirements

Re: Can you mix Operating Systems in an indexer cluster?

Steve_G_ — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:38:28 GMT

Not sure what "in theory" signifies, but, as the referenced topic states, it is a requirement that all nodes run the same o.s.

Re: Can you mix Operating Systems in an indexer cluster?

iain001 — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 01:19:06 GMT

Thanks guys, that's the info I was after.