Deployment Architecture

Using splunkforwarder 7.1.2 with Indexer version 6.5.1

cjfiji
New Member

Hello, I am trying to upgrade our splunkforwarders to the most recent version available, but am running into problems fixing the SSL configuration to be compatible. Could you point me to the exact issue that describes the necessary chagnes?

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renjith_nair
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Hi @cjfiji,

Compatibility matrix between forwards and indexers is available here : http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/7.1.2/Forwarder/Compatibilitybetweenforwardersandinde....

And the SSL related fixes are available in http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.2/ReleaseNotes/KnownIssues#Upgrade_issues

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