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Splunk forwarder config not working

amitj — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:51:04 GMT

since are trying to separate out splunk forwarder config ("inputs.conf") according to indexer. we defined forwarder conf like "/opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/IND1/inputs.conf", "/opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/IND2/inputs.conf" and restarted the splunk instance. but somehow it is not working..Do I need to define "IND1" and "IND2" as an app first?

Re: Splunk forwarder config not working

Ayn — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:02 GMT

inputs.conf, like all other configuration files, need to be either in an app's default directory or its local directory. So, /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/IND1/default/inputs.conf would work, for instance.

Re: Splunk forwarder config not working

amitj — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:03:15 GMT

yes, I added to "local" directory like../opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/IND1/local/inputs.conf but it didn't work

Re: Splunk forwarder config not working

amitj — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:38:41 GMT

yes, I added to "local" directory like../opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/IND1/local/inputs.conf but it didn't work

Re: Splunk forwarder config not working

jtworzydlo — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:08:42 GMT

Have you also defined outputs.conf for each config?

Re: Splunk forwarder config not working

amitj — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:09:53 GMT

No, do I need to define outputs.conf for this?

Re: Splunk forwarder config not working

Ayn — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:55:18 GMT

OK, because that's not what it said in your question...anyhow, you shouldn't need to "activate" this anywhere, just restart the Splunk instance and you should be good to go. Possible steps forward is to check btool output ($SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd btool inputs list --debug) to see if Splunk sees your defined inputs. If it does, you should check splunkd.log to see if there are any problems with the inputs you've defined.