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How do I get an alert if my forwarder is not responding? - Monitoring Splunk Forwarder

ajaysamantbms
Explorer

Recently some of our universal forwarders stopped sending events to indexer?

Is there a way to get an alert if forwarders stop sending events?

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linu1988
Champion

Easiest way,
Use Deployment monitor app. Set missing forwarder alerts to your mail box.

Download from here:
Deployment Monitor

Thanks

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linu1988
Champion

Easiest way,
Use Deployment monitor app. Set missing forwarder alerts to your mail box.

Download from here:
Deployment Monitor

Thanks

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