topic Re: question on "local" folder in Splunk Search

question on "local" folder

splunkatl — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:30:01 GMT

I am new to Splunk. I have two splunkforward servers, first server is already configured by someone else as splunk forwarder .I am trying to set up second server.
I untar the splunk forward software. I compared all folder and files in both server. I copied one folder "splunkuniversalforwader/etc/apps/Splunkforwader/local" from first to second one. boom everything is working fine.
My question is how is "local" folder get created in first server "splunkuniversalforwader/etc/apps/Splunkforwader?
Do I need run any CLI rather copying from other server?

Re: question on "local" folder

Damien_Dallimor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:27:02 GMT

Local folder is for any updates to configuration files that happen post installation ie: non-default settings.So the Local folder gets created when you make a configuration change ie: enabling an input, creating a field extraction via Splunk web etc...

Re: question on "local" folder

Splunk_U — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:16:37 GMT

Can I create local folder @ /opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/exposed/img/skins???

Re: question on "local" folder

Ayn — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:47:40 GMT

No, that is for regular app contents only.