https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Folder-creation-in-opt-splunk-directory/m-p/408453#M72419 <P>"/ Opt / splunk / etc" is the monitoring target folder of Splunk. <BR /> I do not think you need to take unnecessary risks. It is recommended that you save it in a different folder.</P> Fri, 18 Jan 2019 01:02:45 GMT HiroshiSatoh 2019-01-18T01:02:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Folder-creation-in-opt-splunk-directory/m-p/408452#M72418 <P>Hi,</P> <P>Can we create a custom folder in <CODE>/opt/splunk/etc/</CODE> directory. Will that affect any functionality of Splunk ? <BR /> Basically I want to a take a backup of an app and store it somewhere inside Splunk directory. </P> <P>Thanks</P> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:12:30 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Folder-creation-in-opt-splunk-directory/m-p/408452#M72418 nawazns5038 2019-01-17T22:12:30Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Folder-creation-in-opt-splunk-directory/m-p/408453#M72419 <P>"/ Opt / splunk / etc" is the monitoring target folder of Splunk. <BR /> I do not think you need to take unnecessary risks. It is recommended that you save it in a different folder.</P> Fri, 18 Jan 2019 01:02:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Folder-creation-in-opt-splunk-directory/m-p/408453#M72419 HiroshiSatoh 2019-01-18T01:02:45Z