topic Reusing Splunk Heavy Forwarder License in Getting Data In

Reusing Splunk Heavy Forwarder License

ssplunkadmin — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:07:36 GMT

Can we stop using a Licensed Heavy Forwarder and reuse the same license on setting up another Heavy Forwarder ?

Re: Reusing Splunk Heavy Forwarder License

richgalloway — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:50:46 GMT

I don't see why not, but you may want to contact the person who sent you the license to make sure.

Re: Reusing Splunk Heavy Forwarder License

gcusello — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:55:55 GMT

Hi @ssplunkadmin,

what do you mean with "Licensed Heavy Forwarder"?

Heavy Forwarder hasn't a license.

If you mean that you have a licensed server that you want to use as HF, you can move the license into the License Master and use it with the other licenses.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

Re: Reusing Splunk Heavy Forwarder License

richgalloway — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:49:08 GMT

It's common practice to install a 0 GB license on heavy forwarders used with Splunk Cloud. It avoids the restrictions associated with unlicensed servers.