Deployment Architecture

merge indexes.conf files

kembgeorge
Loves-to-Learn

I have a task to take a list of active Indexes and create a new configuration file entry in a merged file, using a bunch of other configuration files. taking note of bucket size and what not 

can anyone help with that?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Use btool.

splunk btool --debug indexes list | grep -v "system\/default" | awk '{$1=""; print $0}' > myindexes.conf
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kembgeorge
Loves-to-Learn

thanks very much. what exactly will that Btool command do?

I appreciate the help let me see if i can clarify it a little bit more. ok I have two indexes.conf files right with a list of indexes in them and I want to merge those indexes to a new configuration file with all the similar indexes that i would like the new config file to have 

here is an example ok 

so  Aindexes.conf  and B indexes.conf have a list of indexes (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.) and  I want to merge all those indexes to a new index called merged index I will keep their internal, audit and some other indexes. 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The command collects all indexes.conf information, strips out entries from $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default, and then writes the resulting entries into a single indexes.conf file.

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