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Can _INDEX_AND_FORWARD_ROUTING be used as global param ?

cwl
Contributor

Can _INDEX_AND_FORWARD_ROUTING be used as global param defined in [default] of inputs.conf ?

[default] 
host = myhostname
_INDEX_AND_FORWARD_ROUTING = local 
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cwl
Contributor

No. _INDEX_AND_FORWARD_ROUTING must present at input stanza for it to support selective indexing as mentioned in below documentation.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.3/Forwarding/Routeandfilterdatad#Configure_selective...

[input_stanza]
_INDEX_AND_FORWARD_ROUTING=<any_string>
...

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cwl
Contributor

No. _INDEX_AND_FORWARD_ROUTING must present at input stanza for it to support selective indexing as mentioned in below documentation.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.3/Forwarding/Routeandfilterdatad#Configure_selective...

[input_stanza]
_INDEX_AND_FORWARD_ROUTING=<any_string>
...
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