topic Re: Distributed Search and Lookups in Splunk Search

Distributed Search and Lookups

ruisantos — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:07:34 GMT

Hi,

I'm getting an error on my Search Head when browsing for content related to some LOOKUP directives I have in my apps.

The LOOKUP directives were copied from one of the search peers were they are working.

Currently my problems are: - I'm getting an error stating that this lookup does not exist on one of the search peers (true, because that search peer does not required them) - the LOOKUP directives are not working on the search head.

Any ideas on how this can be solved?

Re: Distributed Search and Lookups

Stephen_Sorkin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:07:35 GMT

Splunk should automatically move lookup related files to the search peers from the search head. Is this a script-based lookup? If so, there are some intricacies in getting these to work in distributed, since they may land in a different-than-expected directory.

Could you share your configuration and the general mechanism of operation for your lookup?

Re: Distributed Search and Lookups

gfriedmann — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:16:49 GMT

What are the intricacies for a script based lookup in a distributed environment? For example, dnslookup.