Mapping an index to an app

[sushmitha_mj]

Hi...
I have created my own app and I have an index as well. I want to map this index to the app... How should I do this using splunk web?
If I cannot do this using splunk web, how else should I do it?

[sanjay_shrestha · Accepted solution]

You might need to create indexes.conf and configure under your apps default folder manually.

[sushmitha_mj]

Does it need some kind of a restart, to reflect on the splunk web?
Do I have to make any changes to the index files?

[sanjay_shrestha]

Yes it would require Splunk restart.

[sanjay_shrestha]

What do you mean by changes to index files?

[sushmitha_mj]

How should I restart?
Yes, I mean changes to index files?

[sanjay_shrestha]

Settings > Server Controls > Restart Splunk

[sushmitha_mj]

Thank you so much... It worked, the change reflected.. 🙂

[somesoni2]

What you mean when you say your want to map the index with the app? You want to make the index only accessible from the app?

[sushmitha_mj]

No.. I want the app to use this index instead of default index and when I go to the splunk web-> index name, I want to see this app name instead of "system". Basically, I want the app to populate data from this index.