Can you mix Operating Systems in an indexer cluster?

[iain001]

Hi all,

Does splunk support indexer cluster nodes with different Operating Systems - I have a mix of stand alone Linux and Windows indexers (all running 6.2) which I would like to cluster.

Thanks,
Iain

[joshd · Accepted solution]

In theory you could, however it is not advised and against the defined requirements as noted in the docs (second point down):

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.2/Indexer/Systemrequirements#Summary_of_key_requirem...

[Steve_G_]

Not sure what "in theory" signifies, but, as the referenced topic states, it is a requirement that all nodes run the same o.s.

[iain001]

Thanks guys, that's the info I was after.