Getting Data In

Connection lost from a forwarder with indexer

abhayneilam
Contributor

I have 1000 forwarders sending data to 4 indexers. How do I know how many forwarder currently sending the data to the indexers and in case any forwarder fails to send the data , or any forwarder is down then how to know the name or the server which forwarder it is .

Please help !! Need your help urgently !!

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi abhayneilam,

have a look at the Deployment Monitor app, within it you can find the missing forwarder dashboard

cheers, MuS

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi abhayneilam,

have a look at the Deployment Monitor app, within it you can find the missing forwarder dashboard

cheers, MuS

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abhayneilam
Contributor

Thanks for your kind help !! 🙂

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

usually you will find all information needed to setup an app on its page or in README inside the app.

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abhayneilam
Contributor

Many thanks for the prompt reply !!

Do I need to only install this application or I also have to set up something to make it work !!

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