Alerting

Alert when splunkforwarder stops working

keshab
Path Finder

How can I alert and send email when unversalforwarder stops forwarding log to splunk server or got stopped?

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alacercogitatus
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Install the Deployment Monitor App. There is a saved search pre-built for a lot of forwarder operations, including notifications when Forwarders are down.

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/67836/splunk-deployment-monitor

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cboillot
Contributor

This app is no longer available. Do you know of a replacement?

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