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Convert universal forwarder TO lightweight forwarder

adamw
Communicator

For various reasons (performance, not picking up files, etc) we are looking to migrate our syslog receiver from a universal forwarder to a lightweight forwarder.

I have installed the lightweight forwarder package and migrated configurations over, but I want to make sure I grab the checkpoint (place-in-the-file-marker) files, so that no repeat data is indexed. Where can I find these files?

As well, are there any additional considerations before I make the switch, anything else that should be copied over or potential pitfalls?

Thanks,
--adam

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

You need to get at minimum the $SPLUNK_HOME/var/lib/splunk/fishbucket directory. That's sufficient for file monitors. I believe if you use Windows Event Log inputs, there is another location you need to snag as well, but I don't know it off the top of my head.

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

You need to get at minimum the $SPLUNK_HOME/var/lib/splunk/fishbucket directory. That's sufficient for file monitors. I believe if you use Windows Event Log inputs, there is another location you need to snag as well, but I don't know it off the top of my head.

amrit
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

$SPLUNK_DB/persistentstorage (also for fschange).

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