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Can I configure index to replicate in clustering environment?

Takajian
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I am thinking to use data duplication function in clustering environment. As I do not need to duplicate summary index, I would like to configure which index to duplicate in clustering environment. Does somebody know if it is possible? If possible, please let me know how to configure?

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sowings
Splunk Employee
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You should be able to set the replication factor for a specific index using the repFactor parameter in indexes.conf.

The description of this option is here:

repFactor = <nonnegative integer>|"auto"
        * Only relevant if this instance is a clustering slave (but see note about "auto" below).
        * See server.conf spec for details on clustering configuration.
        * Value of 0 turns off replication for this index.
        * If set to "auto", slave will use whatever value the master is configured with
        * Highest legal value is 4294967295

If you want to dictate that a given index should not be replicated, set repFactor = 1.

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