topic What configuration file do I need to edit on a Windows universal forwarder to exclude performance monitoring? in Getting Data In

What configuration file do I need to edit on a Windows universal forwarder to exclude performance monitoring?

bharrell — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:09:05 GMT

Brand new to Splunk. Installed the universal forwarder on a Windows Server and see the logs populating on my Splunk Light server. I want to re-configure the forwarder to not include performance monitoring (which I selected on install.)

Where is the conf file that I need to edit? I see documentation that points to conf files located here:
C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\etc\system\local

But I don't see any data relating to which logs and performance monitoring is being forwarded here.

Re: What configuration file do I need to edit on a Windows universal forwarder to exclude performance monitoring?

dkoshe_splunk — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:33:57 GMT

Look for file C:\Program Files\SplkUniversalForwarder\etc\apps\Splunk_TA_windows\local\inputs.conf
For entries starting with [perfmon:// add/change property disabled=1

Re: What configuration file do I need to edit on a Windows universal forwarder to exclude performance monitoring?

bharrell — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 20:37:49 GMT

Thanks. This looks like exactly what I need. Before I posted this I did numerous searches for this info and couldn't find it. There was plenty of very confusing info about conf file precedence though! Any links that explain the configuration of the forwarder in simple examples would also be appreciated.