topic Re: what happens if two outputs.conf files were sent to a host using the splunkforwarder ? in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/what-happens-if-two-outputs-conf-files-were-sent-to-a-host-using/m-p/293474#M55837 <P>AFAIK it will consider the outputs from an app that comes first in the alphabetical order.</P> <P>For eg:</P> <P>abc_outputs<BR /> xyz_outputs</P> <P>abc_outputs will take precendence</P> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:46:28 GMT pradeepkumarg 2020-09-29T12:46:28Z what happens if two outputs.conf files were sent to a host using the splunkforwarder ? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/what-happens-if-two-outputs-conf-files-were-sent-to-a-host-using/m-p/293473#M55836 <P>A host was already sending data using an outputs.conf file . Another outputs.conf was added with out knowing which is linked to some other indexers. So what happens here ? Will it send the same to both groups or use the latest one or only the old one ?</P> Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:25:58 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/what-happens-if-two-outputs-conf-files-were-sent-to-a-host-using/m-p/293473#M55836 nawazns5038 2017-02-09T23:25:58Z Re: what happens if two outputs.conf files were sent to a host using the splunkforwarder ? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/what-happens-if-two-outputs-conf-files-were-sent-to-a-host-using/m-p/293474#M55837 <P>AFAIK it will consider the outputs from an app that comes first in the alphabetical order.</P> <P>For eg:</P> <P>abc_outputs<BR /> xyz_outputs</P> <P>abc_outputs will take precendence</P> Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:46:28 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/what-happens-if-two-outputs-conf-files-were-sent-to-a-host-using/m-p/293474#M55837 pradeepkumarg 2020-09-29T12:46:28Z Re: what happens if two outputs.conf files were sent to a host using the splunkforwarder ? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/what-happens-if-two-outputs-conf-files-were-sent-to-a-host-using/m-p/293475#M55838 <P>This document addresses your question in detail.</P> <P><A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.1/Admin/Wheretofindtheconfigurationfiles">https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.1/Admin/Wheretofindtheconfigurationfiles</A></P> Fri, 10 Feb 2017 13:03:00 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/what-happens-if-two-outputs-conf-files-were-sent-to-a-host-using/m-p/293475#M55838 jwelch_splunk 2017-02-10T13:03:00Z