How to send email when my splunkforwarder is down,and how to set up alert?

[karthi2809]

i need to trigger alert when the splunkforwarder is down for the particular index

[mayurr98]

have a look at this answer.

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/108260/alert-or-show-when-a-host-is-down-from-any-index.html