Alerting

alert_actions.conf on Splunk Forwarder

Regleston
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I am looking into the ability to set a script to run when an alert is triggered. My Splunk GUI tells me that the option to trigger a command is deprecated. So I started looking into creating alert_actions.conf. Can this file be in /system/local on the forwarder and not on the DC or DS? Also if the alert is setup through the GUI would I be able to just reference the alert name in alert_actions.conf and configure the command trigger on the forwarder?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can put the file on the forwarder, but it won't do any good. Forwarders do not process alerts - search heads do that.

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richgalloway
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You can put the file on the forwarder, but it won't do any good. Forwarders do not process alerts - search heads do that.

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Regleston
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That's what I thought would be the case but wanted to confirm, thanks Rich.

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