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Forward Server Active Check

bauron
Explorer

Is there a way to check and see if a forward is actively forwarding?

For example, at one point splunk add forward-server <server>:<port> -auth <user>:<pass> is executed, but then later splunk remove forward-server ... is executed.

Is there a way to check that splunk is still forwarding other than looking at the indexer?

Thanks!

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kurry
Engager

root@tf2:~# /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk list forward-server
Active forwards:
None
Configured but inactive forwards:
forwarder.splunkstorm.com:9997
logs4.splunkstorm.com:20140
root@tf2:~#

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