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How can I test that a heavy forwarder on a limited subset of endpoints?

wfmseanm
New Member

Is there a way to modify a .conf file or a setting on an individual endpoint to only send data to a single heavy forwarder? I am trying to test functionality on small subset of endpoints before adding a heavy forwarder into the server class on the deployment server.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Of course! Just put your limited outputs.conf file here on the UF:

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/outputs.conf

Then restart Splunk on the UF.

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