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Configure Splunk in HA

sureshsala
Explorer

Requirement:

I have two Splunk servers: serverA and serverB
splunk.example.com points to serverA and serverB
When serverA fails, it redirects to serverB. How can I configure the following
1. Data to be in sync on both the servers
2. Alerts should be in sync. It should not alert twice.

Splunk HA in Active-Passive Mode

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

This sounds like you are asking about a Search Head Cluster:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.0/DistSearch/SHCarchitecture

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jmallorquin
Builder

Hi,

You need to make a cluster with a search head it will be send the alerts querying the to indexers. You will need an other sever with master role and other with search head role.

Hope i help you

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